Nope, not at all true. The IBM version can be transferred to other machines.
The issue is the IDE drivers. ONLY.
----- Original Message -----
From: "RayBay" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Hard drive swap from T30 into T40
Windows XP detects changes in any aspect of an install of an OEM version,
and stops the Windows install. You can use a full version of Windows to
get
it going, along with a phone call to Microsoft in Canada.
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Wallowing deep in the Age of Lowered Expectations...
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Group,
I posted here about a month ago asking if I could physically swap the
hard
drive from a T30 into a T40 without other modifications (BIOS, etc). I
finally got back around to that project and discovered the answer is
"No".
Both
machines are running XPP. The T30 drive is a 160gb Western Digital
Scorpio.
The T40 drive is a Seagate Momentus 80gb.
After swapping the drives I turn on the T40 and get a blue screen that
informs me there was a hardware or software change. Next a screen appears
that
gives me options to boot into safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe
mode
with command prompt, boot with last know good configuration, or start
windows normally. No matter what option I select (and I tried them all)
the
blue
screen pops back up then the boot options screen.
Can anyone offer advice as to how to get around this. I need to get the
data and programs from the 160gb T30 drive (which is only 40% full) so it
can
be used in the T40, with everything intact. I don't have the original XP
CD's
as both machines were bought second-hand, but I do have recovery disks
for
the T30 if that helps. As always your assistance is greatly appreciated!
Mike Williams
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