Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:22:40 -0800
From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Swap Hard Drives Between 2 Different Manufacturer
Laptops - OK
That's what I figured...but just needed to hear it from someone else, before
I take the plunge... ;-)
Thanks for your help, Matt!
Mark
on 3/21/05 9:46 PM, Matt Hanson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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
