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From: S.Lewis on 13 Sep 2008 22:53 "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:Sb-dnW_aSoZjl1HVnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > "S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> wrote in message > news:jkSyk.33614$De7.27819(a)bignews7.bellsouth.net... >> >> "Daddy" <daddy(a)not.valid.net> wrote in message >> news:RfedncnZ9q_vdFbVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> Plus - and please correct me if I'm wrong - I believe your Windows >> installation is BIOS-locked to a Dell computer. >> >> Daddy >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> FWIW, not a factor once Windows is already installed on the drive. > > really? i would think that if the software build found on the dell hard > disk did start when installed in the hp it is likely to encounter multiple > hardware changes and that would trigger the need to re-activate windows > within 30 days. the dell branded windows cd does install on a dell pc > without the need to activation, but when that same cd is used on a > non-dell machine it does require activation once installed. > > Windows will choke loading the hal.dll or the like and blue screen early due to the substantial hardware configuration differences, but not specifically due to any "Dell BIOS" lock in and of itself. I didn't make myself clear. Sorry.
From: William R. Walsh on 14 Sep 2008 00:51 Hi! > (same motherboard chipset is a requirement) > Did this once when someone's Compaq AMD computer croaked > and I replaced the mobo with an Intel. An AMD CPU on a motherboard with an Intel chipset? Or is that an Intel processor on a motherboard with a chipset at home in both worlds, like a VIA chipset? William (re-enlivening a Compaq Presario S4020WM with Intel Inside intead of AMD, hopefully reducing the glut of S478 CPUs around here...)
From: Brian K on 14 Sep 2008 05:50 It should be possible. Several imaging/restore softwares have methods for different hardware restores. TeraByte have scripts to get a hard drive booting in a different computer in their OS Deployment Tool Suite. http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/tbosdt.htm I had an image of a 10 year old Gateway (IDE HD). The image was restored to a Dell 9150 (SATA HD). Naturally it blue screened on starting. After running the TeraByte scripts, WinXP booted to the desktop and started installing "new Hardware". I was surprised how well the Gateway OS worked on the Dell. "WaIIy" <WaIIy@(nft).invalid> wrote in message news:kbonc41vu30ljfdibsr9m3ik6q1nrboi0r(a)4ax.com... > > I'm curious about something. > > If I took the C drive out of my 8400 - P4 -SATA and put it in place of > the C drive-Core2-SATA on a Hewlett Packard, would it boot? > > For emergency purposes, I wondered if it would boot and I could add the > correct drivers later. > > I do wonder about the different chip. > > Thanks
From: WSZsr on 14 Sep 2008 07:17 It was very clear to me Stew. "S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> wrote in message news:A__yk.27190$IB6.13919(a)bignews8.bellsouth.net... > > > > Windows will choke loading the hal.dll or the like and blue screen early > due to the substantial hardware configuration differences, but not > specifically due to any "Dell BIOS" lock in and of itself. > > I didn't make myself clear. Sorry. >
From: Christopher Muto on 14 Sep 2008 12:11
"S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> wrote in message news:A__yk.27190$IB6.13919(a)bignews8.bellsouth.net... > > "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message > news:Sb-dnW_aSoZjl1HVnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >> "S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> wrote in message >> news:jkSyk.33614$De7.27819(a)bignews7.bellsouth.net... >>> >>> "Daddy" <daddy(a)not.valid.net> wrote in message >>> news:RfedncnZ9q_vdFbVnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >>> Plus - and please correct me if I'm wrong - I believe your Windows >>> installation is BIOS-locked to a Dell computer. >>> >>> Daddy >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>> >>> FWIW, not a factor once Windows is already installed on the drive. >> >> really? i would think that if the software build found on the dell hard >> disk did start when installed in the hp it is likely to encounter >> multiple hardware changes and that would trigger the need to re-activate >> windows within 30 days. the dell branded windows cd does install on a >> dell pc without the need to activation, but when that same cd is used on >> a non-dell machine it does require activation once installed. >> >> > > > Windows will choke loading the hal.dll or the like and blue screen early > due to the substantial hardware configuration differences, but not > specifically due to any "Dell BIOS" lock in and of itself. > > I didn't make myself clear. Sorry. you were clear like always. what could be any more clear than the image of windows vomiting? that is wonderfully precise. i was just picking on the point about activation. but i vote for the windows vomit remark as the comment of the week. |