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Re: Run XP harddrive in a donor machine ?
Try it, but be aware that if you use a different architecture, as in
move from Intel to AMD it won't work as XP uses a different kernal
version for each (I think, but Im no expert :)
S.
On 18/02/07, darbyweb <dean@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> My main PC has failed at home (yes i know backup backup etc), but no
> backup. Its not a HD failure, but i think the fan failed and fried the
> CPU.
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> Question is - if i buy a new PC, can i run the old HD in there so i
> can recover Outlook, and get a list of all the progs that are on there
> so i can start over.
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> I know i can put the drive in as a slave to read data, but i would
> really like to actually run XP up.
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> Will it work in safe mode with the wrong display drivers etc. ?
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> Thanks
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> Dean.
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Regards
Simon
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