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I'm going to be building a computer, and I've got all the parts I need.
But, I left out the hard drive because I have an old one with XP on lying around.
Now, once I've built the computer, and I put in the old hard drive what will happen?
Obviously Window's is not going to like it, because it's a different chipset, and a whole new motherboard!
But, how do I "repair" it so it boots (I have an XP CD)
2Simple! Reinstall Windows. People had big problems transplanting Windows XP HDD from one computer to another! In the end, it'd probably be easier to back up data and reinstall. – AndrejaKo – 2010-08-07T08:59:56.787
@AndrejaKo - Your comment is good enough to be an answer in my opinion. – Nifle – 2010-08-07T09:57:03.340
1It would be possible to do such thing with Windows 7, my Windows installation has been used on different laptops and still works. The only thing one might need to do then is change the HDD controller driver before moving the hard drive to the other computer. Windows XP can't automatically switch drivers like Windows 7 because of the old driver architecture... (Retagged XP) – Tamara Wijsman – 2010-08-07T11:16:43.843