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Sonny
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Welcome to the Forum,
Before you do that, you might want to try and clean the lense on your DVD ROM. I thought that mine quit working and out of desperation tried cleaning the lense/sensor. That did the trick. If that doesn't work I am sure someone will let you know the answer to your question. I don't know the answer myself.
Before you do that, you might want to try and clean the lense on your DVD ROM. I thought that mine quit working and out of desperation tried cleaning the lense/sensor. That did the trick. If that doesn't work I am sure someone will let you know the answer to your question. I don't know the answer myself.
NaiyaShamiso
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Theoretically it should work. Practically maybe not so much. The big problem I see is you running into will be authentication of the OS. It might not let you activate Windows, but that might work. The next is driver issues. If you get all the drivers before you put it into the new system, then install the driver software, you should be okay. Like I said though, theoretically it should work.
Trouble
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As has been suggested you have other alternatives and the process you are considering is not likely to succeed as the HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) is likely to be so dis-similar that your machine is unlikely to even boot.
Consider installing from a USB device (Jump Drive, Thumb Drive, whatever) see the following article, it's relatively easy and requires only a 4gig drive.
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Additionally consider acquiring an external USB or FireWire DVD player, perhaps from a friend or family member or even if you have to purchase one they are relatively cheap now and will likely save you some serious headaches.
Regards and welcome to the forums.
Randy
Consider installing from a USB device (Jump Drive, Thumb Drive, whatever) see the following article, it's relatively easy and requires only a 4gig drive.
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Additionally consider acquiring an external USB or FireWire DVD player, perhaps from a friend or family member or even if you have to purchase one they are relatively cheap now and will likely save you some serious headaches.
Regards and welcome to the forums.
Randy
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