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| Quote : I have a IDE hard drive with W2K installed and want to know if I can move it from a Compaq to a Dell without having to reinstall the OS. |
It can be done much easier if they have same chipset (ie, I850 or BX, etc...). If they don't, you'd better off reinstall OS.
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