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Old 05-21-2007, 06:25 AM   #1
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Red face Use old drive for new mobo

Im building a PC from scratch and wanted to know if I could use my old hard drive that still has a copy of XP pro on it with my new mobo. Can anyone help !!!!!!!!
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Old 05-21-2007, 10:20 AM   #2
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Is this hard drive from a name brand computer? If it is, do you have an original MS WinXP Pro installation CD or a restore CD?

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