Hello guys i have a emachine T1840 the mother board crash the hard drive still in very good conditions. if i use this hard drive with a different board would it boot up correctly?. if not is there a way i can do this because i have programs that i dont wan to loose.
If its the same model yes it will work, if not then depends its got to to be the same bios, same chip and same chipset.
You need to get hold of a boot CD - BartPE is great for this. Put the hard drive in another computer, and you'll find it more than likely blue screens, as the Drive Controller Drivers don't match the motherboard. Run a program called FIX-IDE, reboot, and it should at least boot. You might find that all sorts of other bits don't work though, but your apps should. Download the drivers for the new board and you should be off and away.
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BartPE work like a charm. thank you I really appreciate that.
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