Old HD/OS with new parts

[Kray]

In another thread some one told me that if I buy a new mobo, processor, RAM, video card then I can't use my old hard drive with WinXP on it. Cuz it wouldn't recognize it or something.

Is this true? Do I have to buy a new HD/OS to use the new parts?

 

[Trotter]

You can use your hard drive, but the OS will be useless. You'll have to refoirmat and reinstall everything.

Of course, you could use it as a data disk in order to access any data files on it, but all of your programs will be useless on it.

 

[Kray]

Well that sucks. Theres no way to get around it?

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

You will have to reinstall windwos that's all

 

[Kray]

Would just reinstalling it work?

 

[Shumway]

It would be best to just format it,That way there it won't cause any problem's or conflict's.

 

[Kray]

I don't want to lose any data so should i just buy a new HD for installing windows on?

 

[hkfnstang]

most ppl get a new hard drive as primary, and use the old drive as slave...

 

[Kray]

Ok I'll get another old drive, format that and use it for primary.

 

[hkfnstang]

do that, then move the data you need from your slave (old) drive to the new (primary) drive... then format your old drive and move back (if you want to)