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    New XPS Gen2 from 8600

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by slcya, Apr 16, 2005.

  1. slcya

    slcya Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just bought a new XPS Gen2. Would I be able to take the Hitachi out of the 8600, plug into the XPS and expect everything to work with a couple driver updates?
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    It might work, but I think you best course of action would be to do a fresh install.






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