moving hard drive from dead XP comp to new Vista comp.

bigmikekul · May 14th, 2007, 10:52 AM

So here's the situation: a transformer blows in my neighborhood, and the voltage spike makes it past my very fancy surge protector and cooks my motherboard. I could get it fixed but the machine is pushing obsolescence so I'd rather buy a new, more powerful computer.
My old computer is an HP running XP, and I'm planning to buy a new HP running Vista. Since the old machine is dead I can't simply transfer files between the two. Is it possible to hitch up my old drive to my new machine and transfer documents, audio, video, and program files- or maybe install it as a slave to the new drive?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

sr71000 · May 14th, 2007, 11:06 AM

Sure. Just install it in the new computer and it'll show up as your D: drive!

FalcomPSX · May 15th, 2007, 07:20 PM

if you dont want to mess with openin up the new computer and installing the drive, you could also throw the old drive in a USB enclosure and it will accomplish the same thing, but at a performance hit.

Stsawy9 · October 21st, 2008, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by sr71000

Sure. Just install it in the new computer and it'll show up as your D: drive!

I have a simalar problem as Mike with the exception that my old XP hard drive comes from a E-machine and my new computer is a HP with Vista. Will I still be able to insall?