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Here's the situation: we have two computers in the same room. One of them my sister's, the other is mine. My sister's computer is far superior to mine and I want to know whether I can switch the Hard drive from my inferior computer to the better one and vice versa. Both computers are running XP and are connected to the same internet connection. |
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1) Is it possible? |
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Re: The need to reinstall applications |
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What do you mean by reactivate? |
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And how would I reactivate? |
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Sorry to sound like a total n00b but where do I find the Windows Update button? |
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Ah thanks for all the help Ynot. |
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no probs |
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You might also want to make sure you don't need SATA for the newer one (and don't have it in the older computer) |
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It might be as simple as letting windows detect all the new hardware and discard all the old ones from your device mangler. |
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PATA (Parallel ATA) & SATA (Serial ATA) are different connectors for hard disks |
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Last edited by Ynot; 10-02-2007 at 10:54 PM.
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Thank you so very much. |
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You think that was a typo? |
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Last edited by Replicon; 10-03-2007 at 12:01 AM.
cause the OS will have information stored about how to access all the components when control is transfered from the BIOS |
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So there seems to be a quite a risk involved... maybe I shan't do it and will get someone else to do it for me. Most computer people will be able to do this I assume. It's probably best I don't mess around with this seeing as I don't even know what my hard disk looks like... |
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