Help with a new pc???

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  1. furryboo

    furryboo Regular member

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    I have got hold of a PC, has a better processor than my current one, better graphics card and more memory.....Now what would happen if I was to put my old hard drive in this new machine Would it work and just ask for drivers for the different devices...

    Please help???

    Cheers

    Da_Boo
     
  2. boxwrench

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    Well,it may or may not work,it depends on the processors.I was able swap out a sempron 3100+ with a new A/64 3400+ without having any problems.If there is not much difference between the m/bs and cpus it may work. Give it a try and post back with your results.
     
  3. tocool4u

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    You would need to set it up in the bios again and you would need to set it as a slave if you already have 1 in there also what HDD is it like IDE or EIDE or SATA


    Also i think you would need to format it?
    And if you have two you could set it to RAID 0
     
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  4. boxwrench

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    Are you wanting to switch out the drives or simply add the other as storage?
     
  5. furryboo

    furryboo Regular member

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    Sorry didn't really explain clearly.....

    I have a 60Gb and a 40Gb in my old machine I want to put them in the new machine that has the better ram, graphics etc......

    Cheer for the help so far peeps...

    Da_boo
     
  6. tocool4u

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    Do you happen to know what Kind of HDD they are?
     
  7. furryboo

    furryboo Regular member

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    The are box IDE hard drives, WinXP 5200RPM....

    Cheer for your help people...

    Da_Boo
     
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    Hay mate, u will probley have to format/reinstall windows XP on one of the drives but they should work as long as u have got a spare ide "slot".
     
  9. tocool4u

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    Ok, yea they should, you probubly want to format it first then make one a slave and one a master by using the jumpers then just set them up in the bios.....
     
  10. furryboo

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    Ok, thank you for the help. Problem is I don't want to loose the 55GB of data I have on the drive, but it appears there is no way I can just slot the old drive in the new machine as the master????

    Cheers

    Da_Boo
     

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