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Answer» first of all wanted to thank you guys for helping with pretty much anything that comes up here =]
k so first thing, i was trying to connect a HDD (i have 2 units, one of them is bout 6 y/o the other about 2 y/o) to my unit (from the old one to the new one), it started up fine and everything but as soon as it got to the windows i couldnt use either my usb mouse and the keyboard for some reason, is it because the hdd is not compatible with my unit?
ive been thinking of INSTALLING a new windows there in order to recover what i can (since my old unit is pretty much done for), is there another solution??
another thing, im buying a new unit which obviously has different hardware then my current, is it necessary to reinstall windows so that it would work w/o any problems? (so that it would be compatible with the new hardware: cpu/graphic card/mb etc.. ?)?
thanks in advance
IdanP.MrYumYum,
By now you shroud know the rules.
You have to give use the details.
We can guess taht you put two HDDs on one cable ...
and windows has a hard time. -Right?
Some HDDs are not crtoss-campatible.
Try this:
POWER down, unhook the DRIVE you just put in,
make it share the cable with the CD-ROM drive.
Does that HELP?
If either/both these drives had Windows already installed on them from a different machine then it's probably not going to work...nor will some of your devices as you've discovered.
Best bet is a clean install of Windows on whichever one is newer...Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 11, 2010, 02:47:47 PM MrYumYum,
By now you shroud know the rules.
You have to give use the details.
We can guess taht you put two HDDs on one cable ...
and windows has a hard time. -Right?
Some HDDs are not cross-campatible.
Try this:
Power down, unhook the drive you just put in,
make it share the cable with the CD-ROM drive.
Does that help?
umm sorry about that, newer unit: qc 6600 cpu, 4 gb ddr 2 ram, intel dq35jol mb, older one ill dig through it later on and add the info.
anyways i tryed connecting the old one seperately to the new unit, ill try sharing with the cd-rom now and see if it works
Quote from: patio on January 11, 2010, 03:03:26 PMIf either/both these drives had Windows already installed on them from a different machine then it's probably not going to work...nor will some of your devices as you've discovered.
Best bet is a clean install of Windows on whichever one is newer...
ill do that, thanks =]
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