2 identical PCs - can I swap a single hard drive between and expect Windows 7/XP to work?
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Published on 2012-07-07T11:06:28Z
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I currently work in 2 different locations, traveling between the 2 every few weeks or so. I currently have screens, kb, mouse etc... in both locations, so I just pick up my tower case when I want to move to the other location.
However to make moving easier I was thinking of buying 2 tower cases with hot swappable drive bays on the front and installing identical hardware in each one.
This would allow me to pull the drives out and just take them with me and plug them into the PC at the other location.
Would windows 7 complain? I'm not fussed about buying licenses for both PCs, but would I have any problems with drivers due to the different serial numbers of the components?
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