Operating system.

Okay i got a new computer and it has vista on it. I have a old computer that has xp on it. If i take the hard drive out of the old one and put it in the new one will it be xp or vista? i need to know this because most of my games dont work on vista.

Okay i got a new computer and it has vista on it. I have a old computer that has xp on it. If i take the hard drive out of the old one and put it in the new one will it be xp or vista?

bluck111

Terrible idea.

You don't want to use your old installation of XP on your new machine. When moving from one set of hardware to another (in particular, when the motherboard of a machine changes,) you'll want a fresh install with a Windows operating system. You do NOT want to use an old XP installation that's configured for a completely different set of hardware; you're pretty much guaranteed to run into problems.

i need to know this because most of my games dont work on vista.bluck111

Like what? All of my games (including very old Windows-based ones) function perfectly on Vista. What are you trying to play that isn't working for you?

What are you playing that does not work for you?

Don't even think about it. Your old drive won't even boot in your new machine. (well maybe in safe mode) You'll have completeley different graphics hardware in your new machine. Plus as previous poster said, different motherboard, again different drivers.

If you hate vista that much you're better off formatting your new drive and installing XP on it. But if I was you I'd stick with vista because you have to make the change sometime. The effort to go back to XP is better put into getting your games working on vista.