Re: Hard Disk Moved

From: Malke (invalid_at_not-real.com)
Date: 09/07/05

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    Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:04:17 -0700

    Quinn wrote:

    > I have a copy of XP Pro that was on the disk of a computer that fired
    > the
    > power pack. I bought a new computer with XP Home. How can I transfer
    > the old disk into the new computer and use XP Pro on it?
    >
    > thanks,
    >
    > Earl

    I don't know what "fired the power pack" means, but if I understand you
    correctly you want to install the old hard drive (which currently has
    XP Pro installed on it) as a second drive in your new machine. Then you
    would have a dual boot between XP Home and XP Pro. If my understanding
    is correct, then you can do this if:

    1. The XP Pro on the old disk was a retail copy and not OEM tied to the
    original machine or otherwise BIOS-locked to the old motherboard.

    2. You have the XP Pro cd, because you will need to do a Repair Install.

    You would attach the old hard drive in your new machine as a slave. Then
    boot with the XP Pro cd and do a Repair Install, being careful not to
    install on the wrong drive. I believe the Repair Install should fix
    boot.ini to give you the dual boot option at startup but if it doesn't,
    you can just edit boot.ini manually.

    Malke 

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