Nicholas;
you are probably alright, the motherboards apparently had
similar chipsets and only a few devices plug and played themselves.
you might peek in device manager and see if any unknown devices are showing.
Or boot in safe mode and see how many duplicate devices are showing there.
 I keep a couple of small drives around here with windows installed to boot
new/unknown mobos
and test them for a couple days. Many times they boot with very little
problem.

The only real issue is how much windows "junk" is left on the drive
and how corrupt is the windows registry.
A clean install is always preferable, and I know others would disagree;
but if everything is working okay with no real errors or slow downs.........
like the old saying goes " if it aint' broke don't fix it"

<>< Larry Fisk
         Fisk Computers
           Fruitvale, Idaho

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Bacetti" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:01 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Replaced HDD - will it be a problem


> I replaced a damaged 2GB western digital IDE HDD from a Dell-P166 with a
2GB quantum IDE HDD from a functioning Dell P90.  My intent was to reformat
this replacement HDD and to re-install the OS.  However, when I booted-up,
Win98 started right up.  It detected the new components, loaded the drivers
(except for one) and completed the start-up.  This all seemed too easy.
Therefore, my question is, should I expect problems in the future, if I
decide not to reformat and re-install the OS on this replacement HDD?
Thanks

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