Like i get a Hard drive from a Compaq laptp. I take it, and i install it on my HP DV2988SE laptop. Will it work? One of my friends said that it doesn't work unless the hard drive is wiped? Is it true? I remember i had a hard drive (desktop) with Windows XP installed on it, but no computer drives. I took that hard drive and I installed it on my dell desktop and it booted up to the start up screen of windows XP.
Basically, my question is, can you swap any hard drive and it will boot up to what ever OS it has installed on it (if it has one), and if it doesn't have an OS, it will just start up with a black screen?
Thanks
Basically, my question is, can you swap any hard drive and it will boot up to what ever OS it has installed on it (if it has one), and if it doesn't have an OS, it will just start up with a black screen?
Thanks