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Can you swap hard drives between Dell Latitude C810 and C840?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by cardwell, Mar 20, 2011.

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  1. cardwell

    cardwell Newbie

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    I believe the drives are interchangeable, but i'm talking about switching them without 'cleaning' them

    I am writing this on a dell c810, but have a c840 on the way i bought on ebay

    can i just swap without erasing them to avoid re-installing everything, or will i run into trouble with drivers if there is any varriation with in hardware between the 2 laptops?
     
    cardwell, Mar 20, 2011
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You can try it, but it probably won't work. C810 is Pentium III and C840 is Pentium 4... which are, I think, different enough that whatever OS you got on there will choke. C800 to C810 might have worked.
     
    Commander Wolf, Mar 20, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    If you are lucky Windows boots and doesn't BSOD. Inadvisable to swap the drives.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 20, 2011
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