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Jumby
03-19-2001, 07:49 PM
If I take a hard drive out a Pentium 200mhz system and install it in a newly built Pentium III 600 (using other components like floppy, cd rom, etc. from other system), will I have any configuration problems? I've exchanged hard drives in like systems with no problems, but wonder if there will be any since this will be a completely new configuration.
sleddog
03-19-2001, 08:01 PM
Depends on the operating system you're using. If it was Linux then I'd say no problem, but for some reason I suspect you're using Windows http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

Windows should on first boot find the new hardware and prompt to install any requisite drivers. Have the Win CD handy -- or better still copy all the .cab files to a folder on the hard drive before taking it out of the old machine.

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hiredgoonz
03-19-2001, 09:20 PM
It SHOULD work, but from past experience it seems that doing this overwhelms Windows...it's usually best to go with a fresh install anyway with a new system, that way you can be relatively sure conflicts and other problems are not just from the OS...
Dinosaur
03-20-2001, 01:27 AM
If it is not too late to do so: Before removing the hard drive from old system, I would advise firing up the Device Manager(Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Device manager).

Remove all the hardware except Floppy and the hard drives. Then shut down Windows and remove the hard drive. When you install drive on the new system and fire it up, Windows should recognize the new hardware with less confusion.

If you do not do the above, you might end up with interrupt conflicts and redundant device drivers that fight with each other over control of some device.

BTW: When installing new versions of some software, you can get grief if you do not remove the old version first. Do not remove old version when you buy an upgrade version for install over the old version.

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