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    Booting new T420 from old HD of T400

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Flyright, Apr 4, 2013.

  1. Flyright

    Flyright Notebook Guru

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    I've got an eBay T420 on the way. Can I take my T400 hard drive and put it in the new computer and will it boot?

    No?

    What'll happen . . . ?

    Thanks,

    Mike
     
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    Flyright Notebook Guru

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    Well, sorry for the dumb question. Life should be so easy . . .

    Drivers for the new hardware won't be on my old hard drive and it appears Windows (Vista) might object to being run on a machine other than the one it was installed on. I suppose these things can be overcome but the saner thing to do is to use the new Win 7 Ultimate that is on the new machine, re-install my applications and move over that data I want to keep.

    I guess I knew all that since I've been through it all before . . . I'm still looking forward to a flying car too.

    Mike
     
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  3. Thors.Hammer

    Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, it is time for a new OS. Windows 7 does run well on the T400 and T420. I have never tried Vista on a T420.

    I wonder what flying car road rage is going to be like.
     
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