Guest Roger Fink Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 I would like to remove the hard drive on my IBM laptop, which has Windows 2000 installed on it, and replace it with a hard drive which was removed fromanother machine, same model 2682 R40, also running a freshly installed Windows 2000. Undoubtedly there are some differences in the installed driver versions, and the processor on the machine to be fitted is a Pentium 4M 2.0 rather than the 2.2 of the other machine. I'm pretty sure the two CD-DVD combo drives are the same. The proprietary IBM software on the "blind" partition that comes on a new machine is not installed on either machine. Is it likely that once the replacement drive is installed the machine will successfully boot up? If not, what, in general terms, would I need to do to get it working? Am I stuck with a disk wipe/OS reinstall? TIA
Guest Pat Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Re: Hard Drive Swap It's likely that it will boot up. However, Best Practices dictate that any drive you use be formatted and partitioned by the drive electronics it will be used in. Ignore that at your own peril - a raw hard drive check that tries to fix something, or running a disk defragmenter, risks destroying the HD. My recommendation - buy a new HD and format in the target laptop from a boot disk. Then, copy over all the files. Worst case, if it doesn't boot right, you've got the original HD as a backup. Make sure you label all three HD so you know which is which. I know, I know, you're telling yourself you won't forget. Trust me, label them anyway. "Roger Fink" wrote... > I would like to remove the hard drive on my IBM laptop, which has Windows > 2000 installed on it, and replace it with a hard drive which was removed > fromanother machine, same model 2682 R40, also running a freshly installed > Windows 2000. Undoubtedly there are some differences in the installed driver > versions, and the processor on the machine to be fitted is a Pentium 4M 2.0 > rather than the 2.2 of the other machine. I'm pretty sure the two CD-DVD > combo drives are the same. The proprietary IBM software on the "blind" > partition that comes on a new machine is not installed on either machine. > > Is it likely that once the replacement drive is installed the machine will > successfully boot up? If not, what, in general terms, would I need to do to > get it working? Am I stuck with a disk wipe/OS reinstall? TIA > >
Guest DL Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Hard Drive Swap Simply run a repair installation of win and install any drivers from their cd's, NOT winupdate. The cpu is unlikely to make any difference. "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message news:O9oakWizHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I would like to remove the hard drive on my IBM laptop, which has Windows > 2000 installed on it, and replace it with a hard drive which was removed > fromanother machine, same model 2682 R40, also running a freshly installed > Windows 2000. Undoubtedly there are some differences in the installed > driver > versions, and the processor on the machine to be fitted is a Pentium 4M > 2.0 > rather than the 2.2 of the other machine. I'm pretty sure the two CD-DVD > combo drives are the same. The proprietary IBM software on the "blind" > partition that comes on a new machine is not installed on either machine. > > Is it likely that once the replacement drive is installed the machine will > successfully boot up? If not, what, in general terms, would I need to do > to > get it working? Am I stuck with a disk wipe/OS reinstall? TIA > >
Guest Roger Fink Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Hard Drive Swap I have a legit W2K disk, but since it's not not the laptop W2K disk, what you are suggesting sounds, at a minimum, somewhat incomplete, since some of the drivers required for basic laptop operation aren't on the disk. Since all the latest drivers for this model running W2K are listed and available for download in one location on the Lenovo site, what I think I could do however is just upgrade from there provided I can boot up OK. DL wrote: > Simply run a repair installation of win and install any drivers from > their cd's, NOT winupdate. > The cpu is unlikely to make any difference. > > "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message > news:O9oakWizHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> I would like to remove the hard drive on my IBM laptop, which has >> Windows 2000 installed on it, and replace it with a hard drive which >> was removed fromanother machine, same model 2682 R40, also running a >> freshly installed Windows 2000. Undoubtedly there are some >> differences in the installed driver >> versions, and the processor on the machine to be fitted is a Pentium >> 4M >> 2.0 >> rather than the 2.2 of the other machine. I'm pretty sure the two >> CD-DVD combo drives are the same. The proprietary IBM software on >> the "blind" partition that comes on a new machine is not installed >> on either machine. >> >> Is it likely that once the replacement drive is installed the >> machine will successfully boot up? If not, what, in general terms, >> would I need to do to >> get it working? Am I stuck with a disk wipe/OS reinstall? TIA
Guest McGarill Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Hard Drive Swap Sometimes problems are so complicated as they seems. I'd try to run a repair installation as DL suggested. It should work, but if not you'll go back to the old 2K. "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message news:u8hxRJlzHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > I have a legit W2K disk, but since it's not not the laptop W2K disk, what > you are suggesting sounds, at a minimum, somewhat incomplete, since some of > the drivers required for basic laptop operation aren't on the disk. Since > all the latest drivers for this model running W2K are listed and available > for download in one location on the Lenovo site, what I think I could do > however is just upgrade from there provided I can boot up OK. > > DL wrote: > > Simply run a repair installation of win and install any drivers from > > their cd's, NOT winupdate. > > The cpu is unlikely to make any difference. > > > > "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message > > news:O9oakWizHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> I would like to remove the hard drive on my IBM laptop, which has > >> Windows 2000 installed on it, and replace it with a hard drive which > >> was removed fromanother machine, same model 2682 R40, also running a > >> freshly installed Windows 2000. Undoubtedly there are some > >> differences in the installed driver > >> versions, and the processor on the machine to be fitted is a Pentium > >> 4M > >> 2.0 > >> rather than the 2.2 of the other machine. I'm pretty sure the two > >> CD-DVD combo drives are the same. The proprietary IBM software on > >> the "blind" partition that comes on a new machine is not installed > >> on either machine. > >> > >> Is it likely that once the replacement drive is installed the > >> machine will successfully boot up? If not, what, in general terms, > >> would I need to do to > >> get it working? Am I stuck with a disk wipe/OS reinstall? TIA > >
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