Any problem with switching hard drives with win xp between two different dells?

[Garstud]

I have two dells. My original is a Pent 4 2.4 and has 533 MHz FSB. My new one is a Pent 4 (Hyperthreaded) and has 800 MHz FSB.


I have win xp pro on the first one and have it set up just like I want it. Is there any problem or performance hit by simply switching the hard drives between the two computers?

Thank you.

Gary

 

[rambi21]

 

[oupei]

yes. among other things, the drivers installed do not match. i doubt you will be able to boot into windows and even if you do, most of your hardware won't work properly.

 

[Octane]

I wouldn't do it

 

[Motero]

The major jam that you will run in to, if your motherboards are different...is getting a STOP blue screen error on boot up. It's actually the IDE controller I believe...One way or the other, if they are different, the only way to get around it is to basically do a fresh install.

 

[Garstud]

Thanks for all the replies fellas.

Ok, Ok, I'm convinced.... Time to do a fresh install and do it right the first time.


Thanks again for all the good info.
Gary