How can I put a hard drive of the laptop into a desktop computer?
I have a HP Pavilion 5000 ZV who died some time ago, and the hard drive is always good. It's 60 GB running Windows Xp. there I got the laptop from a friend because they did not want. Also I have a desktop IBM Aptivia since 1998 and it has a huge 8 GB HDD running windows 98. I want to put the laptop drive in the desktop and take out the old one. I would buy a new hard drive, but it's Microsoft Office 2003 pro. This is the only copy I have and I did re install the product key. I need this computer for my workshop. How to operate? Is there a part I need? If Yes, where can I get a?
If I understand correctly, you have a laptop HP Pavilion ZV 5000 which doesn't work but has a 60 GB HDD that has installed Windows XP and Office 2003 is also installed.
You want to put the laptop hard drive in an old desk.
You have two problems: hardware and software.
Hardware issues can probably be solved easily (you would need something like this $10--> http://tinyurl.com/d539pwf kit - but read the comments).
The problem of software is that you can not take an existing installation of Windows XP and completely change the hardware. If you try, you will need to do a reinstall of Windows before it will work.
If you have a generic OEM XP install CD, you may be able to do a repair installation (save applications - for example Office 2003), but the CD must be at a same or later version of XP (Home, Pro) and Service Pack level as the version of XP that is installed. You must also have the product key that is associated with the OEM install CD (I think that the key to the label on the HP will fail).
More likely, you will need to do a clean install, which will involve formatting the drive.
If you have the Office 2003 installation CD, you can retrieve its installation key from the drive of the laptop before installing it in the office. Probably the best way to do this is to put the laptop in a hard drive enclosure external drive, which attach to a working computer and use of Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder using his function to "Load hive".
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