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noneoftheabove · 12-11-2006, 09:19 PM

So I am doing my first build and scrapping many of the parts from my Dell E510. Pretty much everything but the motherboard and possibly ram. So i need to know, the hard drive that has the windows xp OS from the dell so can i use that in the new computer without any re installation? If not then will the specially formatted dell operating system cd recognize that this is the hard drive from the dell and so install without a problem? Im hoping that i wont have to fork out more money for a new os.

12-11-2006, 09:19 PM	#1
noneoftheabove Member (8 bit) Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 166	HD with OS from other computer So I am doing my first build and scrapping many of the parts from my Dell E510. Pretty much everything but the motherboard and possibly ram. So i need to know, the hard drive that has the windows xp OS from the dell so can i use that in the new computer without any re installation? If not then will the specially formatted dell operating system cd recognize that this is the hard drive from the dell and so install without a problem? Im hoping that i wont have to fork out more money for a new os.