Swap Hard Drives Between T42 and T43?

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james2008 · #1 Post by **james2008** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:05 am

Can you take a fully configured hard drive out of a T42 and put it into a T43 and have no problems?

Could you simply remove and install the right drivers on the first boot and be fine?

Are there any thinkpads that I can put a hard drive from my T42 (2379-DWU) into that this would work for?

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:27 am

You'd have the most luck with a T40, T41, or T42, as well as an R50 and R51. T43 has a different HAL...bad mojo.

#3 Post by **richk** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:43 pm

It does run, but it isn't perfect, even if you replace all drivers. Also, you would get 2010 error

#4 Post by **schen** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:04 pm

Harryc wrote:You'd have the most luck with a T40, T41, or T42, as well as an R50 and R51. T43 has a different HAL...bad mojo.

My brother says that he's been able to do it, but I've gotten a Blue Screen dump every time when Windows tries to load. So I end up reloading from scratch every time.

james2008 · #5 Post by **james2008** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:09 pm

What transfers have you had bluescreens with? Even T42==>T42? Or only T4A ===> T4B?

Thanks to all for all of the information. This has got to be among the greatest communities on the WWW.

#6 Post by **schen** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:07 pm

T41 to T43 and R51 to R52 which is for all intents and purposes the same thing in different cases.

virge · #7 Post by **virge** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:47 pm

Just to add my $0.02, for kicks I tried to install a T43 drive in my T42P and had no luck trying to restore the system from the factory image.

NorrisCell · #8 Post by **NorrisCell** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:10 am

Tried pulling a fully configured drive from a T40 and transplanting it into a T43 before. Got a blue screen dump as well. Supposedly there's a program that preps drives for machine changes, but it isn't the best solution because of the PATA-SATA bridge in the T43

sjthinkpader · #9 Post by **sjthinkpader** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:20 am

From T42/R51 to T43/R52, remove the video driver first when the drive is in the old system. When asked to load the Winbond Secure Platform driver, decline.

Never tried a down grade.

Swap Hard Drives Between T42 and T43?

Swap Hard Drives Between T42 and T43?

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