Re: Recovery Question

"Ted" <> wrote in message
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> My old PC (Gateway Athlon 800hz) just recently died from a processor
> failure. I was running Win98 with several programs I still need. I
just
> finished buliding a new PC (Athlon XP 2600). If I put my old hard
drive in
> this new machine, will it boot? I plan on setting up a dual boot with
Win 98
> and WinXP eventually, but I was wondering if I could put my hard
drive from
> my old machine in the new one and boot up. I know there will be
several
> hardware differences.
>
> Thanks
> Ted
>
Most desktop PCs have a spare data connector and power plug for a
second hard drive. All you have to do is set the jumper cables on the
back of the old drive to "slave" setting . When the PC boots up, it
will recognise the second drive and allow you to copy and paste files
from it to the new drive.

LarryLamb