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Running One Windows 7 Hard Drive On Two Machines
Hello Everyone,
I have a bit of an odd question....
Lets say you have two computers that are identical, same CPU, same motherboard, different RAM amounts.
You install Windows 7 and all the appropriate hardware drivers on a hard drive in one of these two computers.
Now lets say you want to take that hard drive with the OS and drivers installed and move it to the other one of these identical computers.
Is this something that is possible?
I have tried this process out but it does not seem to work at all.
When I try to do so I get the "Windows Error Recovery" black screen with white lettering right after BIOS screen finishes.
This screen says "Windows failed to start" and has two options...
1.) Launch Startup Repair (tries to repair but it not successful at doing so and when you reboot it goes back to Windows Error screen.
2.) Start Windows Normally (this option when run just creates an infinite loop, rebooting the system and going back to the Windows Error Screen again)
I have a couple guesses at what it could be, but does anyone have any ideas of how to make this work?
Maybe someone that has accomplished this already?
Thank You for reading this and for any advice offered.