Transplant HD from A21m to A21p

[RRHODY]

Wondering if I can move a hard drive from an A21m directly into an A21p. Will it work?

[ajkula66]

It very much depends what you're running on that HDD...here's my experience:

If you have an OEM or retail version of W2K or XP, you could run into issues, and XP might bluescreen on you.

However, if you're running an IBM-issued OS, it will most likely work, and all you'll have to do is update a couple of drivers.

Let us know what your experiences were once you've done swapping...

Good luck.

[Tad]

I've swapped HDD's running W2K and XP between laptops many times. Sometimes the OS coughs or sputters on first boot up but will settle down OK.
I would copy (clone) the HDD to another one, then try the swap.

Should work fine... Tad