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Rich Barry
John, drives with Operating Systems on them are not interchangeable. It
has to do with the HP drive looking for all the HP devices in the IBM
computer and vice versa. Basically It's like swapping wives. A lot
of adjustments have to be made before they work if ever.
"John Smith" <jsmith@company.com> wrote in message
news:OyC2a5oSIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I removed the boot drives from an HP and an IBM computer. I then
> put the HD from the HP in the IBM computer. It won't boot. The IBM
> computer, having only one HD, gives an error message "no operating
> system found..." If I put the drives back to their original
> systems, they all work. What gives?
has to do with the HP drive looking for all the HP devices in the IBM
computer and vice versa. Basically It's like swapping wives. A lot
of adjustments have to be made before they work if ever.
"John Smith" <jsmith@company.com> wrote in message
news:OyC2a5oSIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I removed the boot drives from an HP and an IBM computer. I then
> put the HD from the HP in the IBM computer. It won't boot. The IBM
> computer, having only one HD, gives an error message "no operating
> system found..." If I put the drives back to their original
> systems, they all work. What gives?