Maybe you could do it, but it sounds like its not worth it. I don't think they care about swapping the drives, but Windows is pretty bad at installing on different hardware -- sometimes it can work, but its a painand takes hours to work when you can get it to work at all.
Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote: > In general, no. When you install an OS it senses all the hardware and > tries it's best to work with that specific stuff. Replacing something > with a lot of hardware - like a motherboard - usually requires > reinstalling the OS. Not always, but personally I've never had good > luck doing it. An awful lot of work just because you didn't want to > wait a few days. > > Besides, if you break some kind of seal and they discover you've > opened the case that could be trouble. > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Michael Wosnick <mwosn...@rogers.com> wrote: > > 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. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
