HP hard drive work in new mother board

[jorbo125]

Hey guys, I've been thinking about building my own computer and I was wondering if my old HP Pavilion hard drive would work in my new pc. I hear alot about having to install windows, but windows is already on my hard drive right?? If I can't use it someone please tell me what I should do...

 

[sllewe]

Yes you will have to reinstall Windows, and if you only have a OEM disk, you will have to buy it again as well.

This is because you are changing you motherboard and with that comes a new chipset, etc.

 

[jorbo125]

whats an OEM disk?

 

[sllewe]

whats an OEM disk?

When you buy a PC from a big name maker Like Dell, Gateway, HP, E machines etc etc, you do not get a disk copy of windows. You get what is called a OEM (orignal equipment manufacturer) disk, that only has the ability to restore the OS.

It is a dirty little trick that most people are not aware of.

 

[iss]

Most OEM or "recovery" disks will not install on a different mobo because the disks checks the bios before install and refuses to instal if the bios shows it is not a mobo from the company that built the computer.