"Tiago" <Tiago@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>I am changing my computer, upgrading fron an P III 800 MHz to a P IV 775 3.2
>GHz.
>I wonder if it is as simple as to connect the old hard drive to the new
>computer and start using it...
>Is it?
>Can I use my old hard drive on my new computer without any procedure? Will I
>keep, for sure, my data (135 Gb of it...)
>Thanks in advance.

No it is not quite that simple.

First of all, will this be the only hard drive in the new computer? Or
will the old hard drive be a second hard drive for data storage?

If you want to use your old hard drive as the only hard drive (or as
the boot drive) in the new computer then you will have to do a Repair
Install of Windows XP on the new computer in order to make your
Windows XP usable with the different hardware. A Repair Install will
preserve your installed applications, user data files, and program
configuration settings. Windows Updates (since the last service pack
install) will have to be reinstalled. Note that if your installed
Windows XP has been upgraded to Service Pack 2 and your Windows XP CD
is for the Original Release or Service Pack 1 versions then you will
have to create a new install CD with Service Pack 2 slipstreamed into
it in order to do the Repair Install. Also note that if your Windows
XP is an OEM version that came preinstalled with your old computer
then that license is permanently locked to that old computer and
cannot be legitimately transferred to another computer under any
circumstances. See http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html for
more information on the actual moving of the hard drive.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca