Swapping Hard Drives

[Guest]

I am trying to swap hard drives from one laptop to another. When I swap the
hardrive it will not boot in the new machine. My hope is to avoid rebuilding
the harddrive. The O/S is WinXP Pro

Old system:
dell Latitude C600
PIII 733 Mhz
256 MB memory

New System:
Dell Latitude C640
P4 2.0
512 MB memory

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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| I am trying to swap hard drives from one laptop to another. When I swap the
| hardrive it will not boot in the new machine. My hope is to avoid rebuilding
| the harddrive. The O/S is WinXP Pro
|
| Old system:
| dell Latitude C600
| PIII 733 Mhz
| 256 MB memory
|
| New System:
| Dell Latitude C640
| P4 2.0
| 512 MB memory

 

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I am trying to swap hard drives from one laptop to another. When I swap the
hardrive it will not boot in the new machine. My hope is to avoid rebuilding
the harddrive. The O/S is WinXP Pro

Old system:
dell Latitude C600
PIII 733 Mhz
256 MB memory

New System:
Dell Latitude C640
P4 2.0
512 MB memory

Are the hard drives identical? On a workstation, if the drives aren't
identical, you may need to go into the BIOS to have it re-detect the
replacement drive. This is probably the case with a laptop as well.

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[Guest]

Thanks very much, great info.