Moving hardrives ... (1 Viewer)

[Lord Ac]

Well ... I have an old 98 comp i am getting rid of and got a new one (2400AMD Athlon ~ $850).... anyhow ... the old comp has 2 hard drives ... one of which is 20gigs .... is it possible for me to bring that guy over to y new one (only 40gigs), and how the heck do I do it?

Also, on the old comp. I put in a new strip of RAM (128 I think), I dont think it was DDR?? But my new one will be ... can I should I how would I put that in the new comp?

Ac

 

[sunny]

Well ... I have an old 98 comp i am getting rid of and got a new one (2400AMD Athlon ~ $850).... anyhow ... the old comp has 2 hard drives ... one of which is 20gigs .... is it possible for me to bring that guy over to y new one (only 40gigs), and how the heck do I do it?

You have to take the entire disk out of the old computer and put it into the new one. If you look at any hard disk manufacturer website they all have a detailed hard disk installation procedure somewhere for download.

Also, on the old comp. I put in a new strip of RAM (128 I think), I dont think it was DDR?? But my new one will be ... can I should I how would I put that in the new comp?

If you are sure you old computer does not use DDR RAM and your new one does, chances are you can't mix and match them. Very few motherboards support both types, and even when they do support both types you can't use them both at the same time.

 

[Lord Ac]

It says I need some kinda boot disk for the drive ... ?? I dont think I have one ... ?? Indeed! The new computer Im installing this thing on HAS NO FLOPPY DISK DRIVE!? (Im thinking about installing that from the old one as well).

Ac

 

[Xayma]

Originally posted by Lord Ac
It says I need some kinda boot disk for the drive ... ?? I dont think I have one ... ?? Indeed! The new computer Im installing this thing on HAS NO FLOPPY DISK DRIVE!? (Im thinking about installing that from the old one as well).

Ac

Check the net for the boot disk, if you put the contents on a CD, it should still boot fine

 

[fatmuscle]

floppy drives are a waste!

 

[nickw...]

Originally posted by Xayma
Check the net for the boot disk, if you put the contents on a CD, it should still boot fine

u have to go into bios n change boot order, make sure that your hard drive with with windows on it is first in the order. and see if u can get a copy of XP.

 

[Lord Ac]

Dont worry boys, my computer supplier said he will do it for free

Ac