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From: S.Lewis on 13 Sep 2008 12:02 "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 No. Windows will vomit and bluescreen (probably almost immediately) as it discovers the new hardware configuration.
From: Daddy on 13 Sep 2008 12:25 Plus - and please correct me if I'm wrong - I believe your Windows installation is BIOS-locked to a Dell computer. Daddy "S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> wrote in message news:%pRyk.32279$Ep1.7746(a)bignews2.bellsouth.net... > > "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 > > > > No. Windows will vomit and bluescreen (probably almost immediately) as it > discovers the new hardware configuration. > > >
From: S.Lewis on 13 Sep 2008 13:05 "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.
From: S.Lewis on 13 Sep 2008 13:10 "WaIIy" <WaIIy@(nft).invalid> wrote in message news:vtqnc4ldomlm0lfme2j0goh19n2gtcn1m4(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:02:27 -0500, "S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> > wrote: > >> >>"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 >> >> >> >>No. Windows will vomit and bluescreen (probably almost immediately) as it >>discovers the new hardware configuration. >> > > Hmmm, would it ever work, say with an HP and a not-Dell with the same > chipset? > > Interesting, thanks. Yes. It could likely be made to work with a repair install of Windows XP - but that assumes a lot of things. 1) If you perform the XP repair with the Dell-badged WinXP CD, you might have product key/activation issues. I'm skipping any Microsoft legality/licensing discussion here. 2) If the HP model was never sold with Windows XP pre-installed by HP (ie - like the Dell XPS420, which was sold only with Vista), you may have difficulties in locating XP device drivers for the system. If that HP model was sold new with XP, then I'd locate and download those drivers before moving forward with anything else. At best the operation of moving the drive over will likely be a headache. At worst it may not work at all either with a repair or fresh/clean install of XP. Good luck. Stew
From: Ben Myers on 13 Sep 2008 13:43
Even for the most recently built systems with all the new sparkling chipsets, XP drivers are available somewhere. The challenge is to find them. Hint: NOT on the crummy HP web site... Ben Myers On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:10:47 -0500, "S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> wrote: > >"WaIIy" <WaIIy@(nft).invalid> wrote in message >news:vtqnc4ldomlm0lfme2j0goh19n2gtcn1m4(a)4ax.com... >> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:02:27 -0500, "S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>"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 >>> >>> >>> >>>No. Windows will vomit and bluescreen (probably almost immediately) as it >>>discovers the new hardware configuration. >>> >> >> Hmmm, would it ever work, say with an HP and a not-Dell with the same >> chipset? >> >> Interesting, thanks. > > >Yes. It could likely be made to work with a repair install of Windows XP - >but that assumes a lot of things. > >1) If you perform the XP repair with the Dell-badged WinXP CD, you might >have product key/activation issues. I'm skipping any Microsoft >legality/licensing discussion here. > >2) If the HP model was never sold with Windows XP pre-installed by HP (ie - >like the Dell XPS420, which was sold only with Vista), you may have >difficulties in locating XP device drivers for the system. > >If that HP model was sold new with XP, then I'd locate and download those >drivers before moving forward with anything else. > >At best the operation of moving the drive over will likely be a headache. >At worst it may not work at all either with a repair or fresh/clean install >of XP. > >Good luck. > >Stew > |