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quick question windows install

  • 24-04-2008 4:26pm
    #1
    mayordenis
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 9,654 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    i have a friend who wants to know is it possible to transfer a windows install between HDD's
    ie he has windows on his current HD and he just got a SATA II HD and would like to transfer to OS
    Possible?


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  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,757 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    mayordenis wrote: »
    i have a friend who wants to know is it possible to transfer a windows install between HDD's
    ie he has windows on his current HD and he just got a SATA II HD and would like to transfer to OS
    Possible?

    I've done it, though Vista did ask to be reactivated.


  • #3
    rrpc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭rrpc


    Spear wrote: »
    I've done it, though Vista did ask to be reactivated.

    It depends entirely on whether the Windows install has used the hard disk as one of it's reference pieces of hardware for activation.

    For the OP, the easiest way is to use Norton Ghost on a floppy boot to transfer the whole system from one disk to another. Only problem he might encounter is whether windows will start without the SATA drivers being installed on the original hardware.


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