RE: Run XP harddrive in a donor machine ?

["Jim Franklin" <jimf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep -
that's exactly what *SHOULD* happen... And I have done it for clients a
number of times.

(This is my second attempt at posting to the list - the first was from the
webmail link - and it didn't make it)

Jim


On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:14:34 -0000, Jonathan Tawn @ Home wrote
> Iirc, the 'correct' method of doing this is to put the old hd in the
> new machine, start the installation of xp and repair your current
> install - that way xp will retain all of its settings and work as
> its supposed to do with your new hardware - whatever the
> configuration maybe.
>
>
>
> If you change the architecture of your pc in such a way like new
> mobo/cpu/ram/etc xp may well throw a bit of a wobbly before a
'rebuild'
> (using the above method)
>
>
>
> Don't quote me on it, its a while since i've don't anything like this
> though.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Joseph Heenan Sent: 18 February 2007 16:59 To:
ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Run XP harddrive in a donor machine ?
>
>
>
> If you dump the existing drive in as a second drive in the new PC,
> there's a good chance you can create a vmware player configuration
> for it and be able to run the old harddrive as a virtual server
> inside the OS on the new PC.
>
> Joseph
>
> Simon McCaughey wrote:
> > 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
> <mailto:dean%40littlelightcompany.co.uk>
> 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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>I know i can put the drive in as a slave to read data, but i
would
> >>really like to actually run XP up.
> >>
> >>Will it work in safe mode with the wrong display drivers etc.
?
> >>
>
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