Installing old drive in the new computer
I'm about to buy a computer refurbished one on Ebay. The computer comes with a hard disk of 40 GB and installed Windows XP Pro. The hard drive from my old computer which is dead is 250 GB and also has top XP Pro. I prefer to use my old drive from my old computer in that new / opportunity that I buy. I can do that or did I meet licensing issues. I have the XP install disk that I used to install it on my old computer.
Hello
Since this will be a different hardware on the new computer, you may experience problems of license.
In this case, you may need to reinstall the operating system on the new computer with the old hard drive.
I suggest that you back up all data on the old hard drive prior to installation. To do this, connect it as a secondary hard drive to back up data. Later, you can disconnect the new hard drive (40 GB), this (250 GB) primary and install Windows XP.
How to install or upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/978307
Thanks and regards.
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