# Computer question: installing my HD into another box with no HD

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-installing-my-hd-into-another-box-with-no-hd/187903 "2003-07-12T04:26:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-installing-my-hd-into-another-box-with-no-hd/187903/21 "2003-07-12T21:46:36Z")

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I put a w95 HD in another box once & boy, I found out it didn’t have the proper timing files on it & the system clock didn’t keep time. But a reinstall of W95 over the old one did the trick.

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