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From: Brian K on 25 Apr 2010 16:20 Mike, You would like to put the 160 GB HD into the 1705 and restore the OS image from the 60 GB HD? Is that correct? I'm not certain but I think your 160 GB HD is an IDE HD and the 1705 takes a SATA HD. If they are both SATA HDs I'd say go ahead. You may need to install new storage controller drivers if the 1705 gets a 7B BSOD on booting. The drivers can be installed into the non booting OS with TBOSDT. Once Windows has booted you can sort out hardware drivers.
From: MJMIII on 25 Apr 2010 17:01 "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:tu1Bn.21395$pv.12232(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > > > Mike, > > You would like to put the 160 GB HD into the 1705 and restore the OS image > from the 60 GB HD? Is that correct? > > I'm not certain but I think your 160 GB HD is an IDE HD and the 1705 takes > a SATA HD. > > If they are both SATA HDs I'd say go ahead. You may need to install new > storage controller drivers if the 1705 gets a 7B BSOD on booting. The > drivers can be installed into the non booting OS with TBOSDT. Once Windows > has booted you can sort out hardware drivers. Hi Brian. Ben was right. The 5150 is IDE and the 1705 is SATA. Time to hit Newegg and Tiger Direct for a larger drive. -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
From: Brian K on 25 Apr 2010 17:23 "MJMIII" <balrog(a)castaway.net> wrote in message news:DO6dnenUsPcWMEnWnZ2dnUVZ_rOdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... .. Time to > hit Newegg and Tiger Direct for a larger drive. > -- > OK. Good luck with the drivers. I hope you don't get a BSOD but if it happens, you can beat it.
From: MJMIII on 25 Apr 2010 17:36 "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:kp2Bn.21405$pv.15395(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "MJMIII" <balrog(a)castaway.net> wrote in message > news:DO6dnenUsPcWMEnWnZ2dnUVZ_rOdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > . Time to >> hit Newegg and Tiger Direct for a larger drive. >> -- >> > > > OK. Good luck with the drivers. I hope you don't get a BSOD but if it > happens, you can beat it. Thanks! -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
From: Brian K on 25 Apr 2010 17:37
Mike, am I half asleep. Is it the same image going to the same computer? Just with a different HD? |