Hello
I have just joined, so I am hoping that you experts can give me some expert advice, I have a computer that was given to me and what I would like to do is set it up along side win 7 computer and run win xp on because I have just had a work out and found that I have aprox £600 of software etc that does not work on win 7, now my problem is when I set this old computer up it says's that there were x missing but what I hope to do is set it up with my old hard drive but it came up about master drive, slave drive, so could some one tell me the best way to do it as my old drive has got all my xp software and drivers on it.
Thank you in advance for any help
bill. jr
I am thinking this is what you meant... I don't know though.
Hello.
I have just joined, so I am hoping that yall experts can give me some expert advice. I have a computer that was given to me, and what I would like to do is set it up along side my other Windows 7 computer, and run Windows XP on it, which is stored on another hard drive.
This is because I have just done some research and found that I have approximately £600 of software and such on the XP drive does not work on Windows 7. Now my problem is when I turn this old computer on with the XP drive inserted, it says that there is x missing. What I hope to do is set it up with my old hard drive. However, it came up as instead of the Primary OS drive a secondary drive. Could some one tell me the best way to use the old drive as the main OS drive? The old drive has got all my Windows XP softwares and drivers on it.
Thank you in advance for any help.
Bill, Jr.
I guess I did a mostly decent translation.
Well, I will take my time to answer this.
The old drive that you had, with the Windows XP programs, also contains the drivers from the original computer where it was originally used.
If the new "old laptop from your friend" you received has different drivers than the ones already on the drive, you will need to erase the drivers and reinstall them from a different computer, or from the new laptop itself. Drivers will be obtained from install disks or from the internet.
Also, what is the X missing?
What setup are you using for the drives? Perhaps are they SATA setup?
To boot from the XP drive, you need to mark the other drive as unbootable and mark the XP drive as bootable. You will also need to edit BIOS to automatically boot from the XP drive, as well as possibly disabling the other drive or removing it from the boot order. Some BIOSs support that.
Also, if you want to transfer Windows XP to a new hard drive, you could use a program such as CloneZilla or such to clone the XP disk entirely.
