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Tom
I recently noticed that the main hard drive in my computer is laptop sized. This is the one that runs the operating system, programs, etc. I have had many problems with this computer and was wondering if this might be the problem?
Answer
ya its fine but if its a small harddrive i would probably update it to a bigger one you can get good deals on hdd at newegg.com or tigerdirect.com read reviews do a little research you could wait till june and get a new harddrive and buy the new opperating system windows 7
ya its fine but if its a small harddrive i would probably update it to a bigger one you can get good deals on hdd at newegg.com or tigerdirect.com read reviews do a little research you could wait till june and get a new harddrive and buy the new opperating system windows 7
Is it possible to install Windows XP on a new hard drive and replace it with my old hard drive?
Noob
Lately, my desktop has been messed up and I cannot reinstall Windows XP or recover anything from it now. If I take out the hard drive from my desktop and use a hard drive enclosure on it, then hook it up to my laptop and install Windows XP onto it from there, will it work when I stick the hard drive back into my desktop?
Thanks all who answer.
Answer
Not exactly.
If I read your question correctly, you want to remove your Desktop computer's hard drive, put it into an external hard drive enclosure kit, plug it into your laptop, and install Windows XP onto it.
When you install Windows XP onto the 'externalized' hard drive, it will install with drivers and settings for the laptop computer (if it installs at all). Then, when you put the hard drive back into the Desktop computer, it will either not boot the computer or take a long, long, long, long time to sort things out.
You'll have the dual problems of hardware snafus and WPA snafus -- and those are the least of the problems you may encounter.
There's an easier (and better) way.
But first, you must troubleshoot. If you cannot perform a 'clean install' of Windows XP on your Desktop computer, you must find the reason.
Either the CD (or DVD) drive (whichever the case may be) is going bad, the IDE (or SATA) controller (whichever the case may be) is going bad, the hard drive itself is going bad, the Windows installation CD needs polishing, or something else is amiss.
You might try zeroing out your computer's hard drive (or, sin of sins, low-level formatting it with the manufacturer's drive-specific low-level formatting tool {you'd need to go to your computer's hard drive manufacturer's website to download this tool and burn it to CD -- in the past, such things have been offered, and they create bootable CDs}). Instructions abound on the Web, I'm sure. THEN, low-level format the offending hard drive and try installing Windows XP anew.
Not exactly.
If I read your question correctly, you want to remove your Desktop computer's hard drive, put it into an external hard drive enclosure kit, plug it into your laptop, and install Windows XP onto it.
When you install Windows XP onto the 'externalized' hard drive, it will install with drivers and settings for the laptop computer (if it installs at all). Then, when you put the hard drive back into the Desktop computer, it will either not boot the computer or take a long, long, long, long time to sort things out.
You'll have the dual problems of hardware snafus and WPA snafus -- and those are the least of the problems you may encounter.
There's an easier (and better) way.
But first, you must troubleshoot. If you cannot perform a 'clean install' of Windows XP on your Desktop computer, you must find the reason.
Either the CD (or DVD) drive (whichever the case may be) is going bad, the IDE (or SATA) controller (whichever the case may be) is going bad, the hard drive itself is going bad, the Windows installation CD needs polishing, or something else is amiss.
You might try zeroing out your computer's hard drive (or, sin of sins, low-level formatting it with the manufacturer's drive-specific low-level formatting tool {you'd need to go to your computer's hard drive manufacturer's website to download this tool and burn it to CD -- in the past, such things have been offered, and they create bootable CDs}). Instructions abound on the Web, I'm sure. THEN, low-level format the offending hard drive and try installing Windows XP anew.
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