HDD Transfer Question.

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tehspoon

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So i'm in the process of building a new PC right now since my old one has died on me. I was wondering if it is possible to use the HDD from my old PC in my new one. If i can, would i have to reformat the drive completely in order it to work with the new hardware? Oh and the drive has XP installed on it, but my new pc i will be running Windows 7.
 
If you just want to use it as additional storage in the new computer, it will work perfectly fine. Just hook it up and then format it (if you want to) - should be no issue at all.
 
I actually want it to be my main HDD. So i'm guessing that will be fine also. But i'll need to reformat everything for a fresh install of W7, and also to clear it of the old drivers my old PC had. Thanks a bunch!
 
Yep, just do a full install of W7 (formatting the drive in the process) and it'll be fine.
 
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