On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:11 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > >> You can use the old drive as a slave, but any programs you want on the >> new machine will need to be reinstalled, most software cannot simply >> be copied over (One place where Mac's are clearly better than PC's). >> If you don't have install media for them, you'll be out of luck. >> >> -Adam > > When i had the HD upgraded in this machine in 2006 i think it was, i > mentioned to the repair person(it was a Good Guys computer place in > town, now out of business) is there any way i can get what is on the > current drive loaded to the new one. He said he could "map" the > contents to the new drive. > When i picked up the computer, the new HD was installed and all of my > files, programs etc were on the new drive and all worked fine. > > Dave
You can do that when swapping a new drive into an existing PC since all the drivers installed are correct and the new drive will boot with the old OS install. A completely new PC really needs a fresh OS installation to work correctly since it'[s a different set of drivers. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
