Posted June 10, 200816 yr It's actually a lot more simple than people realize. Simply roll back your IDE drivers back to window's default generic driver(do this in safe mode) and when the computer shuts down to reboot, just turn it off, transfer the HDD to the new computer as the master and turn it on. You'll have to update/install the drivers for the new computer but XP shouldn't give you any trouble. I've successfully changed motherboards several times with the same hard drive this way. "Paul Bosman" wrote: > I have bought a new computer and would like to know if I can transfer my old > hard drive to this new computer (as the master drive) with everything > installed on it. Or do I have to make a clean install and does the new > computer accept my Windows XP license
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