Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:45:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Swap Hard Drives Between 2 Different Manufacturer Laptops -
OK
--- Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If I want to swap hard drives in my laptops (one is Toshiba and one is
> Fujitsu) should I
>
> A) Bite the bullet and format them and reinstall OS fresh on each drive.
> Reinstall drivers, apps.....
>
> B) Just swap drives and install drivers as needed.
>
> I assume best approach is Option 'A' right?
>
> Or would Option 'B' be OK and not cause problems?
I've put drives from one system into another totally different system
before and have had limited success. If it's a Windows OS on the drive,
and the hardware in the system is plug & play, Windows will find the new
hardware, usually ask for the OS installation CD, and then set up what it
can. I've been left with some things working, and others not working that
need drivers installed manually. Swapping drives between my 100
motherboard and the 110 MB usually seemed to go well. Tho' those drives
weren't ever ones I left in a system on a long term basis.
Starting over with installing the OS on a reformatted drive is always the
best way to go though. You don't inherit old problems, or risk conflicts
between the old OS installation and the new system you put the drive into.
Matt
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