Somewhere on teh intarwebs BillW50 wrote:
> In news:h5sv6j$f97$1@news.eternal-september.org,
> ~misfit~ typed on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:26:19 +1200:
>> *WARNING*!! Don't put it in another computer as the only HDD unless
>> it's an identical computer or you're booting from a CD/DVD. If you
>> try to boot from the drive in a different computer Windows will
>> attempt to install different drivers and it will ikely mess up the
>> WGA and require activation etc.
>
> Sounds like somebody else has first hand experience too! <grin>

He he! Yeah, that's a trap I fell into a long time ago. I have no desire to
have it happen again. ;-)
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.

This often happens as the laptop can not recognize the RAM.

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