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old harddrive, new computer

Started by simonskid , Nov 09 2006 02:18 PM

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simonskid

Posted 09 November 2006 - 02:18 PM

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Sorry I posted this one under Win98 questions originally - newcomer to this site.

Hi,

I'm trying to update computers at our local school, and we have the opportunity to replace some of the very old machines with second-hand newer machines whhich have had the hard-drives removed.

Problems are: school computers have licenced applications on the hard-drives which we cannot reinstall (cds are missing).

Is it possible to simply remove the hard-drives from the old machines and put them in the new? OS is win98 2nd edition. What problems might we encounter? What is the difficulty level (I'm a programmer, rather than a builder!!)

Thanks for any help,

Simons