Hi, I have my old PC for few years now and i got hold to a new hardware - both are Dell manufactured. I would like to use my old hard-drive into a new hardware as it seems easier to me rather then copying everything to a new one. When i try to boot the new PC up with my old drive, it fails and displays a message. After hitting F12 for setup, i think BIOS can read the harddrive but i don't know what should i do, as in in a setup environment i have no much choices to change anything - i am a newbie. Old drive has XP installed and a new hardware machine was working on a Windows 2000. Can anyone put me in a right direction, please as i don't even know if i can use the old drive? Thank you, Alex
hello yes, you can use your old hard drive but it fails because this hard drive contains the information data for your old pc's components (as you know) so, if you just want to recover some data from this drive come back to me. i wouldnt recommend using an older hard drive in a newer pc, it is possible the old hard drive is a lot slower than your new one' .. however, if you want to just go ahead and get your old hdd working on your new pc you first need to remove ALL drivers corrosponding to your old pc.. press and hold F8 JUST BEFORE you see the windows logo boot screen and go into SAFE MODE uninstall ALL drivers if you know how, especially your motherboard, sound and GPU drivers (ESSENTIAL) and reset your pc. your pc should then boot properly allowing you to install all your new drivers corrosponding to your NEW pc (also essential) i hope i cleared this up without confusing you. if you have Qs let me know gud luk
