Guest ms_johnson Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 I have the following: 1. A PC running XP 2. A laptop (not working) running Vista I want to remove the harddrive from the laptop, put it in an External Hard Drive Enclosure and connect it to the PC. My question is, will these two be compatible considering the different OS? Thanks! Shane
Guest Mike Hall - MVP Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Re: XP / Vista compatibility . . . "ms_johnson" <ms_johnson.3d20op@no.email.invalid> wrote in message news:ms_johnson.3d20op@no.email.invalid... > > I have the following: > > 1. A PC running XP > 2. A laptop (not working) running Vista > > I want to remove the harddrive from the laptop, put it in an External > Hard Drive Enclosure and connect it to the PC. > > My question is, will these two be compatible considering the different > OS? > > Thanks! > Shane > > Yes.. -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Re: XP / Vista compatibility . . . "ms_johnson" <ms_johnson.3d20op@no.email.invalid> wrote in message news:ms_johnson.3d20op@no.email.invalid... > > I have the following: > > 1. A PC running XP > 2. A laptop (not working) running Vista > > I want to remove the harddrive from the laptop, put it in an External > Hard Drive Enclosure and connect it to the PC. > > My question is, will these two be compatible considering the different > OS? > > Thanks! > Shane Yes. The file system is basically the same, and you will be able to read the Vista drive from the XP system. You might have to Take Ownership of some files or folders. HTH -pk
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Re: XP / Vista compatibility . . . On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:07:45 -0500, ms_johnson <ms_johnson.3d20op@no.email.invalid> wrote: > > I have the following: > > 1. A PC running XP > 2. A laptop (not working) running Vista > > I want to remove the harddrive from the laptop, put it in an External > Hard Drive Enclosure and connect it to the PC. > > My question is, will these two be compatible considering the different > OS? Yes. The operating system is irrelevant. Both XP and Vista can read FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS. As long as it's one of these (and it has to be if the computer is in was running *any* Microsoft operating system) it can be read by either XP or Vista. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest ms_johnson Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Re: XP / Vista compatibility . . . THANKS Y'ALL! Appreciate your help. Shane
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