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Another PC question
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What do you think would happen if I simply took the C drive out of my AMD Dual Core PC and put it into my new Intel Core 2 Duo PC? (Thanks Kyu)
It would save an awful lot of hassle as I wouldn't have to re-install everything. Is this possible and what kind of problems might I encounter? ![[Image: cinjin_banner_border.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=oggtheclever.com%2Fcinjin_banner_border.jpg) 
Out of personal experience: It tries to load all the device drivers of the old machine, with a very likely chance of it crashing. Virtually none of the system devices of the old machine match those of the new machine, so unless the device discovery can load the drivers for the new hardware before it boots trough it will try to access the new hardware with the old drivers and crash.
Best regards,
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You could try booting from an XP CD and running a repair to install the new drivers, when you first swap the drive over. Depends what apps you have installed though as it could mess with them.
I've also seen this described recently using sysprep: adding drivers then resealing. Take an image first then you can always go back if it doesn't work. 
I should add that some versions of windows requires you to re-register after a significant amount of hardware has been changed. Do not attempt this if you do not know what your key is.
Hoi Zaeme.
 (May 7, 2009 at 8:02 am)Darwinian Wrote: What do you think would happen if I simply took the C drive out of my AMD Dual Core PC and put it into my new Intel Core 2 Duo PC? (Thanks Kyu) You'll just get a blue screen however there is a way ... I've never tried it but if you use Acronis to image the disk you can (apparently) set it to remove drivers. That means that in principle when you image the new disk/system it will simply re-detect the hardware and hopefully should work. I've seen it on some magazine PC's and I have a copy of it but obviously it would be illegal to supply you with it  That said I would absolutely advise rebuilding ... it may not be as big an issue these days but you end up with a nice clean build with no legacy issues. Also, anything touched by an AMD is sure to be cursed so you really want to avoid infection  Kyu Kyu Angry Atheism
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