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MrMojoZ:

--- Quote from: HarumaN on September 24, 2007, 02:50:22 pm ---Isn't HAL the computer on 2001: A Space Oddessy?   ???

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I'd say you were closer to the truth than xmenxmen.  ;)

gonzo90017:
In my experience swapping hard drives rarely works. Only when the motherboards have the same chipsets has it worked. In my earlier computing days when I tried swapping them with different chipsets I have gotten the blue screen. But i've never tried it using his method so I can't say if it doesn't work.

Hey Green Giant why not just install your friends drives as slaves and clean them that way instead?

More Cowbell:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on September 24, 2007, 02:36:33 pm ---Man...
that damn cowbell really knows how to get a nerd fight started.

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Yes, my plan is working perfectly. Next thread... Kirk or Picard. Let's get ready to rumblllllllllllllllle!
This is for my original, scratch-built MAME cab, Lew. The other ones are running the classics so they don't need much power.

xmenxmen:

--- Quote from: MrMojoZ on September 24, 2007, 02:40:02 pm ---

Inexpirienced.  :laugh2: I have to do motherboard swap outs everyday (thank e-machines).

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Did u do one today?????????

Green Giant:

--- Quote from: gonzo90017 on September 24, 2007, 04:11:18 pm ---Hey Green Giant why not just install your friends drives as slaves and clean them that way instead?

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That only works when I am trying to save their files.  This is my prefered method, but when you have 200GB of material, you need a big disk to handle the transfer.  Swapping out the harddrive in the new computer will only take a few minutes, and if it doesn't boot up, no problem, everything will still be there.  The biggest concern is setting up the video, if the video card remains the same, not using onboard, plug and play may very well recognize it.


--- Quote from: leapinlew on September 24, 2007, 02:21:59 pm ---On Windows Servers this is just about the worst thing you can do. Seeing as how many servers require you to install the controller during setup and windows won't have the drivers native. This is when you need a floppy... and ONLY A FLOPPY (goofy crap).

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Windows Server OS is the best at recognizing new hardware and new drivers without using the floppy.  Other OS's have trouble sometimes.  Typically the most important systems will be transferred including video, keyboard, and mouse on servers.  I worked for HP on servers for two years and we did this stuff constantly.  After several servers you can get some slowdown, but once or twice never has problems.  The only time you will need the drivers are for the onboard lan which typically never shows up.

And in the few times it wants the floppy, you can just virtually connect a floppy through the network and upload the driver directly without an actual floppy drive.

Oh, and Picard.

Everybody is so testy today, I never said you are all liars, I just said I have had success swapping out harddrives into completely different computers.  The original question asked if it could work to save him time, I think it can.

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