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redditOne boot drive, Two copies of the same computer? Success
Referencing my earlier post (here), I wanted to carry my boot drive back and forth between 2 copies of my desktop computer. Rather than dealing with different hardware configs, I made it extra simple by just using a copy of the same hardware (same motherboard model, same graphics card model, same amount of RAM) on both. So far, everything has worked…
A good bonus is that I’m using a 5.25” SATA enclosure, which goes in a standard CD/DVD disc drive slot.
The only real concern so far has been the Windows Activation notifications. We’ll see later if it starts to give me problems.
Finally, it’s definitely possible that Windows 7 (and graphics drivers etc) may simply deal better with moving a boot drive to a more significantly different hardware configuration… Or if not, there may be some work-around.
Pem (Admin) :: Feb.17.2010 :: Mobility, Windows OS :: No Comments »
