You can do this only if you have a single CD/DVD drive in the new system. Simply move the drive, connect it to the second connector on the CD/DVD drive cable, plug in the power, and enable the drive in Setup (F2).
You will need a 5.25" drive frame to mount the hard drive below the CD/DVD drive.
If you have two optical drives in the new system, you're going to need to buy a converter for EIDE to SATA, or a PCI EIDE controller card as the new system supports only two EIDE drives.
Shoot. It comes with two DVD drives. The main reason for wanting to do this was to not go through the process of reinstalling programs, two of which I cannot find the discs to, and files such as email, etc. Alright. I'll have to figure this out. Thanks.
The programs would not work anyway without being re-installed because they would not be in the registry of the version of windows in the new computer. Hence the programs would constantly be calling for things that the registry didn't have.
All the programs will work much faster when they are installed on a newer hard drive. Its best to install them again from the original discs onto a new drive.
an old hard drive is ok for storing music or pictures that don't require much disk access.
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You will need a 5.25" drive frame to mount the hard drive below the CD/DVD drive.
If you have two optical drives in the new system, you're going to need to buy a converter for EIDE to SATA, or a PCI EIDE controller card as the new system supports only two EIDE drives.
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July 12th, 2006 14:00
The programs would not work anyway without being re-installed because they would not be in the registry of the version of windows in the new computer. Hence the programs would constantly be calling for things that the registry didn't have.
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an old hard drive is ok for storing music or pictures that don't require much disk access.