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Posted by TruckeeTrout on November 11, 2007, 6:27 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Probably not any.
>
> Will the installation of Windows on that disk work fine with the new
> machine? Maybe, maybe not depending on just what specs may be different.
> Best case, runs from the git go. Worst case, try a repair install of
> Windows to add/change whatever hardware drivers might be different.
>
> Since you've got the drive attached to another PC, back up all worthwhile
> data first.
>
> This is probably a good excuse to put a clean install of Windows and your
> apps on to the drive, anyway.
>
> Val
>
>
> My HP laptop met a cup of coffee it didn't like and quit. I've
> removed its (good) hard drive and have it hanging in a desktop PC.
> What sort of problems might I face if I get another laptop of the same
> model (nx9010; it's about 4 yrs old), virtually identical specs, but
> different product number and replace that hard drive with my rescued
> one?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> George
Thanks for your advice. I'm going to suppose that HP would not shoot
itself in its support foot by making product numbers within a model
number totally incompatible. And I'm going to hope that I'm clever
enough to deal with the circumstances when they're not perfectly
compatible!
George
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