Hello,
I am about to swap my hard drive out, as the factory one seems to be going south fast. The problem is this: The drive I want to put in is partitioned (with data on it), but does not yet have the os on it.
First of all, I already tried installing the os on the external drive, the installer would not let me(from what i've read, I'm assuming this is because I have a hardware specific version, not the full retail version). Is there any way around this?
Also, if I do install the OS on a partitioned hard drive, will it erase both partitions in order to do the installation, or will my backed up data be safe on the other partition?
Thanks,
Kale
I am about to swap my hard drive out, as the factory one seems to be going south fast. The problem is this: The drive I want to put in is partitioned (with data on it), but does not yet have the os on it.
First of all, I already tried installing the os on the external drive, the installer would not let me(from what i've read, I'm assuming this is because I have a hardware specific version, not the full retail version). Is there any way around this?
Also, if I do install the OS on a partitioned hard drive, will it erase both partitions in order to do the installation, or will my backed up data be safe on the other partition?
Thanks,
Kale
