never2muchRAM
New Member
lets see. it has been forever and a day since i have done this kind of thing, so i may ask some dumb questions here.
the puter at my work died (mobo)
ordered new machine
new mobo (leadtek k7ncr18) onboard everything except graphics
athlon xp 1800
256 mb ddr ram
cheapo generic agp graphics card???
the only thing i am using from the old machine is the hdd because of the data.
now correct me if i am wrong, but shouldnt i be able to drop the OLD HDD in the NEW SYSTEM and have it start up into win98? (i know there will be driver issues, etc., but ) i shouldnt get the "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT..." message, should i?
please advise.
as this is for work, we cannot afford to be offline too long.
i thought this should have been a simple procedure if my memory serves me correctly.
the puter at my work died (mobo)
ordered new machine
new mobo (leadtek k7ncr18) onboard everything except graphics
athlon xp 1800
256 mb ddr ram
cheapo generic agp graphics card???
the only thing i am using from the old machine is the hdd because of the data.
now correct me if i am wrong, but shouldnt i be able to drop the OLD HDD in the NEW SYSTEM and have it start up into win98? (i know there will be driver issues, etc., but ) i shouldnt get the "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT..." message, should i?
please advise.
as this is for work, we cannot afford to be offline too long.
i thought this should have been a simple procedure if my memory serves me correctly.