got question can i take my had drive from a different machine and boot up from it on another or must i format first which i dont want to do
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got question can i take my had drive from a different machine and boot up from it on another or must i format first which i dont want to do
You should be able to are you wanting to just get data off of it? If so I would just run it as a slave and grab what you need.
i think i recall microsoft has a utility program that will let you do it without reformating it. check with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by asft
Do you have an installation disk for windows or a repair disk if you created one when you first got machine?
This will be needed to attempt boot repair as the hardware in the different computers may make it not want to boot.
You could try creating an image backup of the computer HDD on to an external HDD. then putting the Hard drive from the new computer restoring the image to it choosing to reformat it as well when offered. Then it should boot OK.
I guess it comes down to how much work you want to do to have it boot from the old hard drive. Also the Microsoft tool Sandiver was talking about is SYSPREP this may also work to get your hard drive to boot correctly.
one more question how do i keep my bookmarks from google chrome and fire fire if i can keep that i will reformat my drive
Here is the backup method for firefox
Here is for chromeCode:https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them
Code:http://ccm.net/faq/31791-how-to-backup-your-google-chrome-bookmarks
thanks i can format my drive now
i can say wow my heat sink is 10x bigger then my old box im so behind cant wait to build my system