M MAC709 Distinguished May 25, 2008 49 0 18,530 Apr 25, 2010 #1 I've got my friend's old gaming rig that has everything except a hard drive. Instead of buying a new hard drive and a new os can I just install an old hard drive running windows xp? What kind of configurations would I have to do?
I've got my friend's old gaming rig that has everything except a hard drive. Instead of buying a new hard drive and a new os can I just install an old hard drive running windows xp? What kind of configurations would I have to do?
Shadow703793 Champion Feb 3, 2007 15,438 0 51,160 Apr 25, 2010 #2 You'd have to un-install all the drivers first, then more than likely need to do a repair install. Imo, just back up the old HDD and do a fresh install. Upvote 0 Downvote
You'd have to un-install all the drivers first, then more than likely need to do a repair install. Imo, just back up the old HDD and do a fresh install.