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adding a new hard drive
Name: Dumb Geek (by bitboy) Date: December 7, 2004 at 05:37:56 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: P4 3.2GHZ, 1GB DDR 3200
Comment:
i just built a new computer, but no hard drive. cuz i am gonna replace my old 1, which is 160GB hard drive. i have a question about this, before i replace the hard drive, do i need to reformat the whole hard drive? or is it ok to just plug it in. currently the hard drive is using SONY version winXP-which is came with my computer when i bought it. will this SONY winXP fit my new comp? or just for SONY computer? Thanks for your opinions.
Name: TopFarmer Date: December 8, 2004 at 13:00:47 Pacific
Reply:
If the XP cd is a recovery cd then it will not work on any comp but the one it was made for. I only have win98 so can not give you an answer on other question. It would be best if you repost the question in the XP forum.
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Response Number 2
Name: Night Date: December 14, 2004 at 10:24:13 Pacific
Reply:
Topframer is right. If it`s a normal Sony WindowsXP, you could do it BUT, you`ll have to reinstall all your new hardware since your hard drive still thinks you have all your old hardware. To make things all fresh and clean, i`d say format then put your hard drive into your new PC and then install XP.
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