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March 30, 2004 at 12:35 PM
n4syth

Installing Compaq HD in no-Compaq

by n4syth . Updated 22 years, 2 months ago

I have a Compaq Deskpro 500MHz computer loaded with Win2000 Pro. Would like to transfer the HD to a 1GHz non-Compaq computer.
When I tried this, it freezes on boot-up and I suspect it’s a conflict between the Compaq setup residing on the HD and the BIOS setup of the new motherboard….
Would running fdisk and removing the non-DOS partition (Compaq setup) make this drive useable?
Is there a way of transferring the contents of the drive to another drive without the setup partition?

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