Hard drive problem

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TREMBER

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my bro gave me his comp (heres the specs)

p4 2.6
msi mobo
1gb (i think pc2100)
antec true blue 480w
some nvidia card

i have a old compaq with a 40gb hard drive. i wanted to trasfer the old harddrive over.when i popped in the windows and booted up it would show everything that has been installed on the old hard drive but at when it started istallation it would say there was no hd.

i need some help
 
When windows is installed on a harddrive, it configures a list of all of the hardware on the comp it is installed on. If you take that harddrive with windows installed and decide to put it in another comp, IT WILL NOT WORK
 
You need to boot from the os cd then delete the partition (you will lose everything) then format it quick ntfs (for XP) then install xp its pretty easy if you want me to walk you threw it add me to your messenger flash_dude@hotmail.com
 
or a good way is to take the hard drive you want to format and install it on your bros PC, it will pop up and you can format it from your bro's PC, thats what i did. If hes kind tho.
 
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