Hey,
Im going to be making a new computer here soon, and I was wnodering if I took my SATA hard drive out and put it in the new computer, it would boot normally?
If not, how else can i get the info off that 80gb drive? I have no other HD's
Thanks,
Pops
Hey,Im going to be making a new computer here soon, and I was wnodering if I took my SATA hard drive out and put it in the new computer, it would boot normally?
If not, how else can i get the info off that 80gb drive? I have no other HD's
Thanks,
Pops
I have experience with that so Here is how to :
Ok you cant boot because you have other hardware so you have to reinstall windows so windows will be bootable again.
1.
IF you want all settings back on your new computer just make a backup of your windows register
RUN -> Regedit -> File -> Export -> and choose where you want to store the file but DO NOT store it in your documents or dektop
Example : REGBACKUP.reg
Just store it in C:BACKUP
2. In your Program Files FOLDER just copy all your programs - THE folders of the Progs (DUH)
TO C:BACKUP
AND REMEMBER if you have Pictures, Movies, Music in your DOCUMENTS FOLDERS
COPY IT TO C:BACKUP FOLDER
OK i HOPe you have a bootable Windows cd so you can install windows Without PROBLEMS
If you do not know how PM ME !!!!
AFTHER you REINSTALLED WINDOWS Just Put your Program folders back to PROGRAM FILES FOLDER
Pics mUsic and Videos back to your documents
And Then DOUBLE CLICK --- REGBACKUP.reg ---
TO backup your settings
IF you have more partitions on your Hard Disk PM me!
normally? i doubt it. it will kick and fuss a bit about drivers, but as long as you have the disk that comes with the mobo, it should boot. you'll then have to install the drivers for the video, audio, network card, etc.
then the fun part: you'll probably have to re-activate with microsoft.
oops, i just made a big assumption that you're wxp.
having said that, there's also a good chance that it won't work. i can only say that i personally have seen it work. good luck. of course, hd's are cheap. just buy a new hd with your system and slave out your old one. that's the best way to go.
so as long as i move everything to backup, nothing in that folder will get deleted? I get real worried about this lol
I have successfully transferred a boot drive to a new machine.
There is only 1 way to make windows (NT, 2K, XP variety, 9xME is simpler) not choke on the new motherboard as soon as it starts to boot: This only works sometimes though, so be prepared to fail.
on your old machine go to device manager and move through all your essential devices. Change every drive that is specific to your motehrboard or chipset to a generic one
for example:
change
nForce2 Ultra ATA Controller -> Generic IDE Controller
and that sort of thing. Remove extraneous devies too, it can't hurt.
Then reboot in the new config, make sure everything especially mobo chipset, hdd controller, system device drivers are generic, then move the hard drive.
Not sure about reactivation, I did this with win2K
From my experience, if the CPU is pretty much the same (from Intel to Intel or from AMD to AMD), you won't have any problem. If they are different, you will ALWAYS get a BSOD when booting up windows, or it may stalls.
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