Hard Drive ???

[Soop53]

I am a "Waiter"...a 8800 Mac Pro waiter that is...not the restaurant type. Anyway, I have a stock Mac Pro (Ship date: Feb 20) coming with the 8800. My self built PC shut down on me a few months back due to a power supply and motherboard issue. My question(s)...

1. Can I use the three internal hard drives in the old PC on my new Mac Pro? They are 2 Maxtor Sata 1.5 drives (180 gb) and a Seagate IDE 160 gb drive.

2. These drives have XP Home on them. If I can use them, will I be able to use XP from those drives or will I have to reload it? Actually, can I use XP Home on my Mac Pro? I thought I read somewhere where you can not use XP Home.

Thanks

 

[velocityg4]

1. The SATA drives should work but I do not think there are any PATA ports on Mac Pro. Though the DVD drive may still use PATA I do not know, then you could hook it up as the second drive though it would sit loosely.

2. I highly doubt the Windows install would boot and function correctly without being reinstalled. Windows XP like previous versions puts up a hissy fit when transferred to a different computer due to all the different drivers needed for different motherboards. As for XP Home as long as the install disk includes SP2 it should install fine.

 

[Soop53]

Thanks...

 

[SilverL]

You will have many issues with XP to the point of having to reload it.
You might as well hook up the IDE drive via USB and an enclosure - that way you can get your data off it with minimal hassle.