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Posted: **Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:29 pm**

Hi,

If I plug the HDD (running XP Pro) from my x200 into a x201 or a x201, will it work right away (I mean , no OS (re)-configuration) ?
I don't care if it takes longer to boot, or if there's some Windows activation warning, as it would be temporary (1 week every 6 months).

Emmanuel.

Posted: **Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:07 pm**

eya wrote:If I plug the HDD (running XP Pro) from my x200 into a x201, will it work right away (I mean, no OS (re)-configuration) ?

If you were running Win 7, the answer would be yes, but with XP the HAL is handled nowhere near as elegantly as in Vista/Win 7 and its quite possible it wouldn't work well (or at all).

The only way you can know for sure is to try it.

Cheerss,

Bill B.

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