I want to switch a hard drive with all its data from a dell dimension b110 to a slightly newer dimension 2400. I have Win XP installed on it.
I would think that they have very similar motherboards.
Would there be any major problems doing this?
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Yes. If it has Windows on it, it will tell you that you have to reactivate because you've changed too much hardware for it to be considered the same computer. You'll need to phone up and go through an automated prompt system and key in the code on screen.
Apart from that driver errors and Windows' fault may occur because it still thinks it's the old machine when it is a newer model. If you want it might be simpler to just "Upgrade" the installation once the disk is in the new machine with the original XP/Vista disk to prevent problems.
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yes mega problems ie it wont work backup ur data and blank the hdd that is if ur usin it as a master drive if u wanna use it as a slave work away
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Red Dragon
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i used to do it all the time ...but not with those comps....i did it with a gateway and a dell haha it all worked out eventually if u just use common sense
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it should be alright, but occasionaly you get a bluescreen if it has very different hardware, for example an amd or intel processor.
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I want to switch a hard drive with all its data from a dell dimension b110 to a slightly newer dimension 2400. I have Win XP installed on it.
I would think that they have very similar motherboards.
Would there be any major problems doing this?
Only if you're intending to run windows off the old drive. If you're going to treat the b110 drive as a secondary (ie, not running windows off it) it should be fine. But you're going to have to reinstall all of the programs that you installed on the old drive to the new one.
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I want to switch a hard drive with all its data from a dell dimension b110 to a slightly newer dimension 2400. I have Win XP installed on it. 
