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Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:54 pm
by StevenD
Hi,
I have a T60p 2623ddu that I've never upgraded because I'm leery of the new screens. I do *everything* on this machine, and take it everywhere, and if it gets lost or stolen or if it crumps, I need to be up and running again in minimum time.
I'm completely backed up, always, but of course if I were to buy, say, a new W520, I'd have to spend a week re-installing everything, time I wouldn't necessarily have. I'd also have to wait for the new unit to arrive.
I'd like to have another 2623ddu on the shelf, so I can put the old HDD into the new machine and be on my way, or if the old machine isn't available, restore to the new machine and be done.
Will this work? And if it will, does the replacement have to be exactly a 2623ddu? Would another type work?
Thanks for any insight.
/SD
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:53 pm
by ArtShapiro
I've done this, and even moved a disk from T60p to T61 without incident. If different models of T60p are so different (say in the video) as to be incompatible, I can't imagine you couldn't boot in VGA mode and then download the appropriate drivers. Ditto for the networking.
That's a small sample size, but I believe you'll have no problems. And to the same model, certainly OK.
Art
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:56 pm
by Neil
If your OS is WinXP, it is fairly particular about what machines it will boot in. You probably would not have to have exactly the same model, but it would at least need to have the same system board too fool Windows into thinking it is the same machine.
BTW, just yesterday, I tried moving a HDD from my 15" R61 to a different 14" R61 and Vista would not boot. These two are very similar machines, but the system boards are different, and at least in my case, it did not work.
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:18 pm
by miro_gt
I've put my OS HDD from the laptop in my spec to another T61 with no BT, different wifi, different GPU, and different CPU, and it booted fine. Just the video driver is what I had to update to run stuff. This is on XP Pro 32bit
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:03 pm
by Radioguy
I remember moving a XP installed drive from a Gateway to a DIY system years ago, and think all I had to do was uninstall all the specific hardware in the OS before the swap. Booted up, and the OS detected the new hardware and installed the relevant drivers. It was from a Intel P3 to an Athlon64, too. I felt proud in pulling that off.
Of course, a clean install is the best way to go, but I suspect it remains possible, albeit more tricky, with Vista. I'd bet the risk is almost non-existent with the same TP type-to-type, but again, the risk is that the hardware change might force you to re-authenticate your product key.
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:06 am
by JeffCullen
T60p-->another T60p should be easy.
T60p-->W520 possible but definite room for gotchas, first of which will be the W520 will come with the SATA controller set to AHCI mode which won't be supported on your XP image without some hacking...
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:51 pm
by StevenD
Thank you to everyone. I'm running Win XP.
JeffCullen mentions that T60p to T60p should work fine. Of course, if I can find a nice type 2623ddu that would be great. I'd like to expand my search, though. Does anyone know, or how do I find out, what other type numbers of T60p have the same high-quality 1600x1200 screen of the 2623ddu?
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:54 pm
by Neil
I'm fairly sure the hardware maintenance manual will give some type numbers for the UXGA display machines.
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... migr-62733
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:17 pm
by rumbero
StevenD wrote:Does anyone know, or how do I find out, what other type numbers of T60p have the same high-quality 1600x1200 screen of the 2623ddu?
For a start, here is a non exhaustive listing of T60p's which came with a UXGA display:
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$ grep -h 1600x1200 T60p*.txt | awk '{print $1}' | tr \: \ | tr -d \\n
2007-92U 2007-93U 2007-95U 2007-96U 2007-9BU 2007-93F 2007-9BF 2007-92L 2007-93L 2007-92P 2007-93P 2007-92S 2007-93S 2007-92Y 2007-93Y 2007-93G 2007-93M 2007-93Q 2007-93A 2007-93T 2007-93B 2007-93H 2007-93C 2007-93E 2007-9CE 2007-93J 2007-9CJ 2007-93K 2007-9AK 2007-93V 2007-94U 2007-C8U 2007-A15 2007-W69 2007-99M 2007-I3V 2007-AD1 2007-A16 2007-B27 2007-W3P 2007-W7T 2007-9ZG 2007-9EU 2007-9FU 2007-9GU 2007-9EF 2007-9EL 2007-9GL 2007-9EP 2007-9GP 2007-9ES 2007-9GS 2007-9EY 2007-9GY 2007-9EG 2007-9EM 2007-9EQ 2007-9EA 2007-9ET 2007-9EB 2007-9EH 2007-9EC 2007-9EE 2007-9EJ 2007-9EK 2007-9EV 2007-AE7 2007-AR5 2007-AR8 2007-IBV 2007-BA1 2007-9ZM 2007-9ZQ 2007-9ZA 2007-9ZT 2007-9ZB 2007-9ZH 2007-9ZC 2007-9ZE 2007-9ZJ 2007-9ZK 2007-9ZV 2007-FHG 2007-9ZU 2007-9ZF 2007-9ZL 2007-9ZS 2007-9ZY 2007-9ZP 2007-AG4 2007-BS1 2007-AD6 2007-CB6 2007-CB8 2007-W2X 2007-W2V 2007-Y3K 2007-AU1 2007-WMJ 2007-Y3F 2007-Y3N 2007-Y3Y 2007-WZ2 2007-Y3W 2007-CA2 2007-Y3Q 2007-Y4N 2007-Y54 2007-WUK 2007-YBF 2007-AD5 2007-YEC 2007-YED 2007-AE5 2007-CA3 2007-W2U 2007-Y3V 2007-AD3 2007-AE8 2007-YBK 2007-Y3J 2007-BR5 2007-C59 2007-WVQ 2007-WZF 2007-YEE 2007-BS5 2007-WGN 2007-V32 2007-AE4 2007-AE6 2007-BB4 2007-BR3 2007-C53 2007-W2Y 2007-Y3Z 2007-Y3H 2007-V3G 2007-Y3T 2007-YBG 2007-BR7 2007-WXP 2007-AD7 2007-AD8 2007-WJ9 2007-B34 2007-B35 2007-AE3 2007-WKW 2007-BS2 2007-C72 2007-V53 2007-WRZ 2007-Y3M 2007-BA5 2007-BR6 2007-C56 2007-C57 2007-AS2 2007-BR2 2007-BR4 2007-AD4 2007-V8X 2007-BA7 2007-V7P 2007-YE6 2007-CY3 2007-AE2 2007-9HU 2007-9KU 2007-C54 2007-IDN 2007-EC7 2007-AR6 2007-AS3 2007-AT2 2007-AZ2 2007-BA2 2007-BB5 2008-93U 2008-93F 2008-93L 2008-93P 2008-93S 2008-93G 2008-93M 2008-93Q 2008-93A 2008-93T 2008-93B 2008-93H 2008-93C 2008-93E 2008-93J 2008-93K 2008-93V 2008-C8U 2008-A38 2008-A11 2008-W5K 2008-A74 2008-AE3 2008-W3N 2008-93Y 2008-W1P 2008-AL8 2008-W1L 2008-AA9 2008-AX5 2008-W5E 2008-AH8 2008-A75 2008-AB1 2008-AD8 2008-9EU 2008-9EF 2008-9EA 2008-9EL 2008-9ET 2008-9EB 2008-9EP 2008-9EH 2008-9ES 2008-9EC 2008-9EY 2008-9EE 2008-9EG 2008-9EJ 2008-9EM 2008-9EQ 2008-9EK 2008-9EV 2008-9ZM 2008-9ZQ 2008-9ZA 2008-9ZT 2008-9ZB 2008-9ZH 2008-9ZC 2008-9ZE 2008-9ZJ 2008-9ZK 2008-9ZV 2008-9ZG 2008-AB2 2008-AU1 2008-9ZU 2008-9ZF 2008-9ZL 2008-9ZS 2008-9ZY 2008-9ZP 2008-WN7 2008-Y16 2008-V9K 2008-WEH 2008-AE2 2008-AR1 2008-V6V 2008-VBT 2008-VCE 2008-VDH 2008-WQE 2008-Y2D 2008-B65 2008-B73 2008-VDT 2008-VEQ 2008-WA9 2008-AS5 2008-VEZ 2008-VF3 2008-VCG 2008-W45 2008-VFE 2008-VFK 2008-A72 2008-W42 2008-WA2 2008-WA5 2008-WA7 2008-VL5 2008-D35 2008-VL1 2008-WY8 2008-WYN 2008-VML 2008-AT8 2008-AP8 2008-VNK 2008-Y1J 2008-WNU 2008-AL7 2008-CW2 2008-VLD 2008-AS8 2008-D22 2008-AT1 2008-AW1 2008-D34 2008-BE4 2008-EL4 2008-EV3 2008-VWQ 2008-EH9 2008-EC2 2008-AV9 2008-CF9 2008-Y3R 2008-YE5 2008-WVU 2008-ZTB 2008-A28 2008-A76 2008-A83 2008-AB3 2008-AC1 2008-AJ1 2008-AP5 2008-AQ1 2008-AR6 2008-AV8 2008-AW4 2008-AW5 2008-AX2 2008-AX3 2008-CGI 2008-WK7 2008-WK8 2008-CG1 2008-D31 2008-VWP 2008-EK8 2008-EC4 2008-V6U 2008-EC8 2008-W11 2008-WXG 2613-EMU 2613-ENU 2613-ETU 2613-H5U 2613-HAU 2613-A17 2623-DDU
$ grep -hc 1600x1200 T60p*.txt
179
159
0
6
1
$ bc -q
179+159+6+1
345
That makes at least 345 possible T60p machine combinations that were featuring an UXGA screen. I have an almost complete listing of all T60's which were automatically retrieved from the Lenovo website by a nice script while it was still hosted on IBM. Unfortunately the script doesn't work anymore with the new Lenovo website, so i could never complete a full retrieval of all possible machine listings. As an example, the list entry for 2623-DDU looks like this:
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grep -h 2623-DDU T60p*
2623-DDU: T2500(2GHz), 1GB RAM, 100GB 7200rpm HD, 15in 1600x1200 LCD, 256MB ATI FireGL V5200, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11abg wireless, WWAN, Bluetooth/Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 9c Li-Ion batt, WinXP Pro
If you would like to, i can send you the complete parts list for these machines via PM.
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:01 pm
by StevenD
Hi,
I purchased another T60p, of slightly different type: "2008-CF9, based on 2007-96U", that, as far as I can tell is the same as the 2623ddu except 2.16GHz processor speed and maybe something else minor. I bought this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 060wt_1189
and very happy with the transaction and the quality of the device.
I took the HDD from my T60p and put it into this new unit. Got some message bubbles saying it identified some new hardware, new disk controller, etc., but after some bubbling around it just worked. Looked exactly like my other unit, connected to the network fine, etc. I only did about 15 minutes of checking, since I'm going to put it on the shelf right now, but everything I tried worked perfectly.
So now if my T60p crumps, I can just put my SSD HDD into the new unit, or if it gets stolen (as it almost did a couple weeks ago), I can restore my backup to the new unit, and I'm in business in one restore, rather than after three weeks of re-installing and configuring all the programs into a more modern device.
And I'll just wait for Lenovo to make better screens for the time being.
Thanks to everyone who posted.
Re: Moving a HDD from one machine to another
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:26 am
by radekpletka
I moved 500G HD with W7 from U160 to T61 and it booted right up, I needed to update just a couple of drivers. Later I tried the same with 80G SSD, also with W7 and no problems except updating couple of drivers. Even Windows update works (smile). I have to try it other way around with XP (smile)