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  • gary
    PCHF Member
    • Jan 2017
    • 27

    #1

    coprocessor

    hi, i have just changed hdd from my father in laws pc. to his new pc where his windows 10 still works ok in new pc with old hdd but in device manager it has coprocessor not installed, what is this ? and how can i fix it if it needs fixing

    thank you.
  • Samuria
    PCHF Member
    • Oct 2016
    • 86

    #2
    That takes me back a coproccessor used to be an addon chip to speed up maths on old pc, like a second cpu dedicated to maths. How old was the pc it came from?

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    • system
      PCHF Owner
      • Jan 2015
      • 7634

      #3
      Hi gary, you can’t just move a HDD with the O/S on it from one pc to another as unless the PC’s have absolutely identical hardware, otherwise there will be be device and hardware issues such as you have. It will be necessary to reinstall the O/S on the HDD when its in the new PC, otherwise you’ll always have issues.

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      • gary
        PCHF Member
        • Jan 2017
        • 27

        #4
        hi .thanx for the replys. the pc it came out of was very old so put his hdd into my old computer. I didn’t think it was going to work but it has so far apart from this problem.I think he will use win 7 from my old hdd in time but doesn’t want to lose all passwords etc.. so I have just done this temporary. he doesn’t use much and prob wouldn’t notice if faulty it’s just bugging me as everything else seems to be ok at the moment.

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        • Samuria
          PCHF Member
          • Oct 2016
          • 86

          #5
          It surprising it didnt deactivate as its all new hardware and legally not same pc

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          • gary
            PCHF Member
            • Jan 2017
            • 27

            #6
            yes i was expecting it to not work tbh but so far so good, apart from coprocessor not even sure if it needed .

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            • Malnutrition
              PCHF Moderator
              • Jul 2016
              • 7045

              #7
              I’d suggest a repair install since you swapped out HDD’s.

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              • veeg
                PCHF Director
                • Jul 2016
                • 8982

                #8
                Any updates for us?

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                • gary
                  PCHF Member
                  • Jan 2017
                  • 27

                  #9
                  havent been round to house to check , but when spoke to him says computer is alot faster and works ok, so dont really know if compressor important or not so so far so good .

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                  • veeg
                    PCHF Director
                    • Jul 2016
                    • 8982

                    #10
                    Originally posted by gary
                    havent been round to house to check , but when spoke to him says computer is alot faster and works ok, so dont really know if compressor important or not so so far so good .
                    So you want to mark this thread?

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                    • gary
                      PCHF Member
                      • Jan 2017
                      • 27

                      #11
                      may as well all the time it working ok im not gonna mess about with it, im sure coprocessor not that important anyway . thanks

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