If so, can you offer some shopping tips/deals/or what i should look for.  I want to use this for a laptop and my desktop, both use Windows XP.  Are there any complex drivers that i would need?
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Yes, it most certainly can be done. You need to buy an adapter I bought one, and it allows me to mount a laptop hard drive inside my tower, so I am sure it could work in an external enclosure as well. It is available many places, but I got mine at general nanosystems- just search that on yahoo for website.
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xp is supposed to suppot all drivers.\nsince yours is old.\ntry and get a driver from you manufacturer.\nit must work.
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Your hard drive has little to do with it as long as your hard drive is larger than a few gig.\n\nWhat you need to worry about are the other computer specs. Unless it has 256mb of ram i wouldn't really try using XP on it. I would highly recommend atleast 512mb. The processor speed shouldn't be too much of a factor because i'm assuming (if it came with ME) that the processor is atleast 800mhz.
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Go to http://www.DriversGuide.com, answer a few questions, and you can get a driver for almost ANY component. Check it out...
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r u sure u using correct driver? if yes then proceed with ok.....this will work correctly...no need to take tens...\n\nbut u r using a wrong driver for hardware then it may be create problem...so plz verify frist and then install.\n\nif u looking for other driver then go to below site and download ur chosen driver free of cost....
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Sure, you just get a USB wireless adapter. It is about the size of a USB flash drive. I use one for an extra desktop I have upstairs...they are about $25 on ebay.\nIf you are going to have it as a more long term thing, I would suggest a PCI card wireless adapter for a desktop. The USB ones can get pretty hot so it seems like they could get too hot for regular desktop use. Again, the PCI ones are around $25. Both you just install and put in driver.
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Go to the ATI website and check out their drivers.  First run the compatibility utility then download the drivers... \n\nHere's a link to the proper page.\n\nhttp://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/mobility-xp.html
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i wouldn't throw away the card, yet.\neven though it may not be listed on the official Vista compatibility list, cards like a 9550 are.\nchances ATI won't (eventually) release a driver that gives a X800 full access to the vista features :-o :-/\nnaaaa, they'll find a way.
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RICHARD'S ANSWER IS COMPLETELY WRONG AND HE SHOULDNT GIVE ADVICE\n\nIF  IT IS USB 1.1 IT IS BACKWARDS COMPAT. TO USB 2.0 YOU'LL JUST GET A LITTLE WINDOW SAYING IT COULD BE FASTER,....\n\nIF YOURE ON WINDOWS 2000 - YOU'LL NEED TO GET THE DRIVERS AS WELL FROM THE MANUFACT. WEBSITE - XP WILL BE A LITTLE MORE AUTOMATIC
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Plug in a USB 2.0 device. XP will rapidly inform you that "This Device Can Perform Faster if..."
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yep\n\nU need to download an older version, Ure trying to run the latest version on a non XP SP2 machine
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The following site doesn't list Macintosh as a compatible platform for driver support:  http://shopping.msn.com/Specs/shp/?itemId=24037363\n\nPerhaps contacting Sharp's tech support to confirm this would be in your best interest?
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"it used to be a 1.8ghz, 256memory, 40gig HD, 64megvideo, onboard memory 17in standard monitor..what's todays average computer sale equal?"\n\nfor HOME use I would say that the above specs were adequate for using XP, but with only 256MB RAM you will need to monitor what you let run on startup or you will quickly find yourself short on RAM, and performance will suffer.\n\nfor reg BUSINESS a 2.4GHz P4 or higher; 512MB RAM; same Video, or on board video. built-in ethernet, extra bays and slots for expansion. 2 hard drives.\n\nfor Light gaming, same as above, but need a 128MB video card.\n\nfor heavy Gaming and Design-based businesses.\nAMD 64 FX 57 with 1.5 to 2GB of RAM.\na mother board with SLi capability for PCI-e x 16\n2 PCI-e Gforce 6800 ULTRA 256mb DDR3 \n2 250GB SATA IN RAID-0 (GAMER ONLY)\n2 250GB SATA IN RAID-1 (BUSINESS ONLY)\n\nAverage sale....still around $1,000\nI think it's been there for about 10 years now...give or take a few.....they seem to work it that way !   lol
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Have you tried http://www.driverguide.com
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Just borrow a Windows XP Home Edition CD from one of your friends and use your product key.  It should work just fine.
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VERY GOOD IDEA!  ME is crappy.  Just be sure not to forget Service Pack 2 on your new XP machine.  I would recommend you start with a clean install.  Good luck.
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If you haven't got MSCONFIG, you can copy it from an XP machine to a Win2K machine and it works just fine.\n\nPut it in C:&#92;Windows&#92;System32 (or C:&#92;Winnt&#92;System32 depending on your Windows folder) and run it from the Run dialog.