I had a Fujitsu Lifebook 6210 (1.3M processor). It fried on me
yesterday.
I would like to buy a similar model used lifebook on ebay and just swap
in my 100GB hard drive from my old Lifebook. My goal is to get back up
and running without re-installing windows and my applications. Would
something like this work? Or does Windows or other applications often
tie installation to specific hardware serial#s.
Thanks

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
techman41973******.com <techman41973******.com> wrote:

> I had a Fujitsu Lifebook 6210 (1.3M processor). It fried on me
> yesterday.
> I would like to buy a similar model used lifebook on ebay and just
> swap in my 100GB hard drive from my old Lifebook. My goal is to get
> back up and running without re-installing windows and my
> applications. Would something like this work? Or does Windows or
> other applications often tie installation to specific hardware
> serial#s.
> Thanks

Depends what version of Windows you're using. If it's XP, it's likely to
object to the different hardware. The same would apply if you were to
re-install on the new hardware - 'cos you'll have to go online to MS to
activate it, and MS's system will recognise that this copy of XP has already
been activated on different hardware. You'll have to contact MS and explain
that you are transferring it because the old hardware died. They should then
sort it out for you.
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On 30 Dec 2006 10:44:28 -0800, techman41973******.com wrote:

> I had a Fujitsu Lifebook 6210 (1.3M processor). It fried on me
> yesterday.
> I would like to buy a similar model used lifebook on ebay and just swap
> in my 100GB hard drive from my old Lifebook. My goal is to get back up
> and running without re-installing windows and my applications. Would
> something like this work? Or does Windows or other applications often
> tie installation to specific hardware serial#s.

In my experience that has a very high probability of working fine if the
machines are indeed the same model number version and specification.

There appear to be two flavours of WinXP, the OEM versions tied just to a
manufacturer's BIOS signature and other OEM and retail versions which need
to be activated by Microsoft Product Key number and then are broadly tied
to whatever hardware is discovered upon activation with just incremental
changes in hardware over time permitted. If yours is the first kind then
there will never be a problem. But even if your is the second kind, the
two machines will appear so similar to the software (including disk Volume
Serial Number and size, memory size etc.) that the only difference may be
the network adapter MACs and that change alone would not cause a problem.

Tony

yes it can be done with a repair install if the need arises.
the second machine may have something a little different.
<techman41973******.com> wrote in message
news:1167504268.831793.285080@i12g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I had a Fujitsu Lifebook 6210 (1.3M processor). It fried on me
> yesterday.
> I would like to buy a similar model used lifebook on ebay and just swap
> in my 100GB hard drive from my old Lifebook. My goal is to get back up
> and running without re-installing windows and my applications. Would
> something like this work? Or does Windows or other applications often
> tie installation to specific hardware serial#s.
> Thanks
>

"Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote in message
news:k1rdp2dmsqahsevcp6m416nniijuqlapec@4ax.com...
> On 30 Dec 2006 10:44:28 -0800, techman41973******.com wrote:
>
>> I had a Fujitsu Lifebook 6210 (1.3M processor). It fried on me
>> yesterday.
>> I would like to buy a similar model used lifebook on ebay and just swap
>> in my 100GB hard drive from my old Lifebook. My goal is to get back up
>> and running without re-installing windows and my applications. Would
>> something like this work? Or does Windows or other applications often
>> tie installation to specific hardware serial#s.
>
> In my experience that has a very high probability of working fine if the
> machines are indeed the same model number version and specification.
>
> There appear to be two flavours of WinXP, the OEM versions tied just to a
> manufacturer's BIOS signature and other OEM and retail versions which need
> to be activated by Microsoft Product Key number and then are broadly tied
> to whatever hardware is discovered upon activation with just incremental
> changes in hardware over time permitted. If yours is the first kind then
> there will never be a problem. But even if your is the second kind, the
> two machines will appear so similar to the software (including disk Volume
> Serial Number and size, memory size etc.) that the only difference may be
> the network adapter MACs and that change alone would not cause a problem.
>

There may be sufficient changes to trip reactivation. The changes will be
the MAC address (counts as 3 changes) and the change in processor serial
number. The presence of a PCMCIA port will not prevent them from counting
(it only prevents removal from counting).

Depends on how similar. You may need a repair install, but if the
laptop is identical or nearly so it might work.

techman41973******.com wrote:
> I had a Fujitsu Lifebook 6210 (1.3M processor). It fried on me
> yesterday.
> I would like to buy a similar model used lifebook on ebay and just swap
> in my 100GB hard drive from my old Lifebook. My goal is to get back up
> and running without re-installing windows and my applications. Would
> something like this work? Or does Windows or other applications often
> tie installation to specific hardware serial#s.
> Thanks
>