Hi all. First post!
I'm about to get my hands on some hardware to put together a new machine to replace the one I'm still shovelling coal into. However, the hard drive in the old machine is less than a year old and full of stuff I want to keep, ie: would rather not format and reinstall windows.
Is it possible to simply transfer the old data filled drive into a new machine? Will windows choke on or adapt to the new motherboard?
The two setups are:
Old:
Dell Dimension XPS T500
PIII 500
64 MB PC100 (half of it blew up )
HD has Win98SE installed.
and the new...
MSI KT3 Ultra2
Athlon XP 1800+
256MB PC2100 RAM.
What do you reckon? Can it be done?
I'm about to get my hands on some hardware to put together a new machine to replace the one I'm still shovelling coal into. However, the hard drive in the old machine is less than a year old and full of stuff I want to keep, ie: would rather not format and reinstall windows.
Is it possible to simply transfer the old data filled drive into a new machine? Will windows choke on or adapt to the new motherboard?
The two setups are:
Old:
Dell Dimension XPS T500
PIII 500
64 MB PC100 (half of it blew up )
HD has Win98SE installed.
and the new...
MSI KT3 Ultra2
Athlon XP 1800+
256MB PC2100 RAM.
What do you reckon? Can it be done?