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Originally Posted by zovat
If you are running XP, you will be ok to use the existing HD, but you will have to do a "repair" using the original XP CD (so if you do not have a full install CD this can be very tricky).
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Not quite, if the drive controllers on the motherboard are different, e.g. Intel - Via , a repair will not get you past the INACCESIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE bsod on boot. If the drive controllers are compatible e.g. Intel - Intel or Via - Via then you can normally simply swap the drives over and boot up as normal, I've done it many a time, I've gone from Via -> Nforce -> Nforce2 -> Nforce3 with no problems without having to repair or reinstall.