X20 - X31 - X20 Hard Drive swap

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X20 - X31 - X20 Hard Drive swap

#1 Post by phillyd2 » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:33 pm

I have both a X20 & a X31. Can the same HD work in both? Meaning can I install my X20 HD into my X31 and vice versa?

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#2 Post by pianowizard » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:06 pm

If you are asking whether they use the same type of hard drives, the answer is yes. But if you're asking whether you can install Windows 2000 or XP on one machine and toss the hard drive into the other, the answer is no.
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#3 Post by solitude » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:20 pm

Yes, you can.

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#4 Post by GpsPasSion » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:31 am

hum...how about sharing some first hand experience ?

Here's mine :
X31 HD -> T40P : ok
X31 HD -> X23 : no boot

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#5 Post by phillyd2 » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:35 am

No love from this forum but I did find the following:

How To Use the System Preparation Tool (Sysprep.exe) to Perform Disk Duplication:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;298491

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#6 Post by pianowizard » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:09 am

phillyd2 wrote:No love from this forum
In order to be "loved", you need to ask your question in an intelligible way. solitude and I thought you just wanted to know whether the X20 and the X31 use the same type of hard drive.
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#7 Post by phillyd2 » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:13 am

Sorry that my question did not live up to standard and I will strive to do better in the future. Thanks! :D

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