This may be a dumb question, but here goes. I ordered a new computer from Dell and they shipped the wrong box to me. I am awaiting a replacement but it may take a while given the season. I was told I could use the wrong box (a Precision T7500 Workstation with a Xeon Processor) while I wait for the right one to be built and re-delivered (an XPS 9000 with an i7-920 processor).
If I install a legal version of Win7 and install all my programs on a brand new drive that I put temporarily into the T7500, then when the XPS finally arrives, would I be able to simply remove the T7500's new boot drive and pop it into the XPS instead and be functional booting form the swapped drive? I don't want to spend days setting up all of my programs on the box that has to be sent back unless I have an easy migration to the right box when it arrives, i.e. a migration that does not have me re-install either the OS or more importantly all my programs. Both computers will be running on Win7 but the hardware is different enough that I am wondering about a) license issues or more likely b) incompatibility issues that might force me to go the re-install route. Anyone shed light on what I might expect, or better still, is there a better way to accomplish what I want? Many thanks, Michael ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
