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Old 06-03-2008, 05:34 PM   #12 (permalink)
MrCoffee
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Default Re: Anyone here fix computers for a living? (at people's houses)

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Originally Posted by Stuck_less View Post
Hey, one question, unless the chipsets are the same, would there be any point in having a preloaded hard drive with an OS!?
XP sp2 doesn't mind too much, plenty of times I've replaced a blown mobo (or upgraded) and just swapped the hard drive over, it usually works just fine.
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