Re: Clone a HDD

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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:51:13 -0500, Lil' Dave wrote:

"paul3200" <p710a@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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if i clone my HDD is it possible to run it on two computers.

i have a 250GB HDD and a 500GB HDD.
and am going to clone the 250GB one to the 500GB one.

can i run the same windows on both or will it become invallid

You are talking about 2 different issues and trying to ask them as one
question.

The first is licensing.
The second is hardware differences between 2 PCs. Ask again.

....thread hijack in progress...

I'm planning to do the same thing with a Dell Dimension 3000 and a
Dimension 4600. The only differences in the hardware is the NIC, on-board
audio and on-board video. I'm hoping to clone the drive from the 3000 to
the 4600 and at least boot to Safe Mode if not to the XP desktop. I have
legit licenses for both XP installs.

Any other gotchas that might prevent this from working?

Thanks
.

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