OK, I am building a new computer and such, I plan to leave out a hard drive and rom though. The computer I have now is an HP a6203w desktop, I was wanting to take out my CDRW DVDRW Lightscribe ROM drive, and put it in my new computer. As well as, my hard drive. If need be, since I know with registries and such it is almost impossible to take my hard drive and OS/software and have it work on new copmuter, I can just wipe the hard drive, and re install Vista on it and have all my software on a few cd's? right? I am just trying to save money and use my hard drive and rom instead of having to buy new ones.
So you have a Hard disc drive and a burner from your old machine but want to put them into a new machine? When installing a burner/rom drive as such is very straight forward, these are basically a plug and play affair. When it comes to a HDD however, things aren't so straight forward. I respect the fact (and many members here will sympathise also) that you wish to save a few sheckles here and there, but it's my opinion that if your unsure about these problems, how will you cope with a full system rebuild? I apologise if this seems harsh to you you but my advice is to give the parts you have to a reputable outlet and let them build it for you. There are dollars saved here as you can imagine...you have supplied the parts..they supply the expertise. After a successful install of all components you can vista away to your hearts content...and all your current software (if vista compatible) will be in use without it being "elsewhere" Good luck and let us know how you get on eh? Cheers.
Thanks, and I am just going to buy a new hard drive and reinstall vista. I am doing the build though, slowly and carefully with much info and guidelines and how to's. I want and need to learn, for my sake, and my future career that I want lol. Thanks though.
