How can I do this?

B

baballin328

Limp Gawd
Joined
Sep 7, 2006
Messages
437
I didn't know where to put this so I just put it here. So my problem is that my bros computer sucks for gaming and I'm going to upgrade my computer. My mom also needs a computer because the one she has rite now broke. So I'm thinking about giving my computer to my bro, and giving my mom his computer. Once I buy my new mobo and cpu, I'll put them in a spare case for now. But here's the problem. We all need to keep each other's data. So I'm taking my HD with me to my new case. My bro is taking his HD to my old computer. And my mom is taking the HD from the broken computer into my bro's old computer. Would this work? Would this be a problem because all the HD's will be migrated to a new computer with a new CPU and a new mobo. Do I have to uninstall the driver from the old HD's? My mom's broken computer's data doesn't really matter, so it doesn't really matter if I have to format her's, but I can't format mine or my bro's HD's. What should I do?
 
It won't work right off the bat.

The best bet to save time/headaches: partition the drives up. Create a partition on each drive and move all the data you need into that partition, and then format the windows partition on each drive when you put them in their new homes.

Good luck!
 
Alright, but can you give me more detailed instructions? I'm a total noob when it comes to partitioning. What programs should I get and what should I do? lol
 
LOL shit I am way overtired and put the wrong response here

Wow that sucked I just typed up a huge paragraph explaining something that was totally unrelated to this thread.


Anyway, to partition you can get Partition Magic from powerquest.. good shit.

Very easy to use. Install it, open it up, and do "create a new partition". Select how much space you want it to be, select where it will take its space from, and hit go. Let it reboot and do its thing.

When its back up and running go into my computer, open the new partition up and copy all the goodies into it.
 
khanable said:
LOL shit I am way overtired and put the wrong response here

Wow that sucked I just typed up a huge paragraph explaining something that was totally unrelated to this thread.


Anyway, to partition you can get Partition Magic from powerquest.. good shit.

Very easy to use. Install it, open it up, and do "create a new partition". Select how much space you want it to be, select where it will take its space from, and hit go. Let it reboot and do its thing.

When its back up and running go into my computer, open the new partition up and copy all the goodies into it.
Click to expand...
Make sure you have enough free space to do all this. If not, buy a new HDD for yourself, move your data over, then hand the hdd down to your bro or mom. Simply moving the drives to new computers wont work with a retail/oem version of xp. Here's why:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php

Now, if you're running anything older than XP, it WILL work.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top