Moving XP Pro from a dead PC

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Yes Ken, it is Retail as I purchased from MS over the Internet from their
Web Site, then they sent me CDs with License. Understand the "no 2
computers at once"
 
The case might be molded to the laptop but the disk inside the case there
would be a standard 2.5" IDE disk. Disk manufacture is an expensive process
that becomes cheap in very large quantities. I have never heard of any PC
manufacturer using a custom-made disk.
 
Willy said:
See previous post regarding laptop hard drive & it's only 500M.
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500 MB hard drive and you have XP on it? Installs of XP use over 1 GB of
hard drive space. How did you cram XP into a .5 GB drive?
 
Mark,
Sorry, it's 5GB HHD and it comes out of a case but a standard PC IDE Cable
will not fit it nor does it have receptacle for power. You'd have to see it
to understand what I'm saying about it.
 
You just need to install XP on your new machine and activate it online without
problems. M$ isn't bothered with old OS and activation shouldn't be a problem.

Let us know how you got on.
 
PA Bear said:
How did you obtain the necessary, computer-specific drivers?
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Oh! he must have knicked it from your sister. Why are you bothered about this?
Are you mad?
 
Will do Kevin. Merry CHRISTmas to all.
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Kevin said:
You just need to install XP on your new machine and activate it online
without
problems. M$ isn't bothered with old OS and activation shouldn't be a
problem.

Let us know how you got on.
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You need a 2.5" USB case. It will have the correct connector, including the
power connector. However, since it is only 5 GBytes I would not bother.
 
No clone
that's only for identical H/W
just perform a fresh install
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A clone to different hardware sometimes works for me. I always try it
before doing a fresh re-install, just in case I get lucky.
 
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I've had a greater-than-50% success rate - I wouldn't call that
"small" in this situation.
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Depends - if the '3 times' (how many times have you done it - why didn't you
say?) you did it resulted in your greater-than-50% success rate, I would
call that small because of the few thousand I have done it and had to do the
repair installation in order to fix it. ;-)
 
The case might be molded to the laptop but the disk inside the case
there would be a standard 2.5" IDE disk. Disk manufacture is an
expensive process that becomes cheap in very large quantities. I have
never heard of any PC manufacturer using a custom-made disk.
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I think IBM did that in the old days (PS/2), their HD had proprietary
connectors, and every add-on card too.
 
Depends - if the '3 times' (how many times have you done it - why
didn't you say?)
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Nobody asked.
you did it resulted in your greater-than-50% success rate, I would
call that small because of the few thousand I have done it and had
to do the repair installation in order to fix it. ;-)
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Maybe I'm just lucky.

But if it hasn't worked for you, I'm surprised to hear that you
still kept trying for a few thousand times. If it were me, I'd give
up after about 20.
 
I have an old Compaq Armada, also. You have to take the drive out of
the carrier. It's a regular IDE 2.5" laptop drive. SATA, no! But
there's nothing strange about it. Take the aluminum cover off that
carrier and you will see the drive.
 
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