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July 4, 2008 at 10:10 PM
rhargett

How do you make an old hdd from another MB boot on a new MB?

by rhargett . Updated 18 years ago

I have a 80 gig hdd, WinXP Pro SP2. I filled it up, so I was going to upgrade to a new HDD. Well, I ended up getting a whole new MB, too. I took out old MB, replaced with new one. I swapped out memory, processor, and video card for it. I forgot to move the data over to the new one BEFORE this happened. So, I put the old HDD in a USB enclosure (IDE). New HDD (SATA). Works great EXCEPT some of the files are green and that means ENCRYPTED. How can I get this external HDD (Old HDD) to boot on this new MB without rebuilding the old MB?

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