Re: Hard Disk Moved
From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/07/05
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Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:35:28 -0700
"Quinn" <Quinn@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
If it is just the power supply in the XP Pro computer that was fried
then it may be worthwhile replacing it. They are not that expensive
and the installation is not especially difficult. Just 4 to 6 screws
and half a dozen or so power connectors to put into place.
There may be problems with getting the hard drive with the installed
XP Pro to work in the different computer. Best case scenario is that
you will have to do a "repair install" of the Windows XP Pro in order
to configure it to work properly with the hardware in the new
computer, and that may not be possible if the XP Pro is an OEM version
that came bundled with the computer.
See http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html for details.
The second problem you will encounter is that the installed XP Pro is
configured to run from drive C:, the same drive letter that is being
used by the XP Home already in the new computer. If you put the XP
hard drive into the new computer it will be given a different drive
letter and that will cause serious problems, requiring more than just
a Repair Install to overcome. Your best bet might be to use a Boot
Manager program such as BootItNG from http://www.bootitng.com which
can be configured so that the non-booting drives are hidden. This
will allow your operating system to run as drive C: no matter which
hard drive you boot from.
Hope this is of some assistance.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
-- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP http://aumha.org/alex.htm
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