hey guys
i am just wondering.
i have a 160g western digital SATA drive in my current system using xp home as a secondary drive
i am currently builing a new system using vista and want to use the 160g hard drive in that computer as a secondary drive also...can the hard drive be moved from one system to the other without complications??

all you would have to do is reformat correct? or just wipe it clean? (lol picture in mind of windex) be grateful u don't have grub on that son gun. shouldn't be too complicated. best of luck

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depends if you still want to use xp...

didnt he say he wanted to use vista?

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New machine has Vista according to him. He wants to use the XP hard drive as a secondary drive. I think we need clarification. You want to dual boot or just wipe the drive and use it for storage or whatever? If you dual boot I think you have to put in mother board drivers, video drivers and all the rest to make it work.

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Intel 6320
4 gigs ddr2 ram
160 gig sata
evga 8800 gts video card
vista home premium sp1 - 64 bit

ok just to clarify
i am using a 160g HDD in my current system using XP.
my new system i am building will be using Vista.
i want to run the HDD drive in my new system
can i just put it straight in or do i have to format it first?

ur 160 hdd with xp can be used to dual boot? i've only ever dual booted xp and linux distros. not sure bout vista/xp, but if u want to use SOLELY vista, then yes, of course ur hdd has to be formatted.

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If you would like to dual-boot, which is a lil complicated for vista and xp specially with sata drives, then don't format your drive, otherwise go ahead and format it.

ive just brought one of these to use my sata internal externally

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