Of hard disk swappoing

[wraj]

hi mates,
Is it possible to load the operating system(preferably XP) on one machine and take out the hard disk and connect it on the another and have it up and running without any problem???Actually we are doing lots n lots of hard disk swapping at our hostel….It works flawlessly when slaved or connected as a master on IDE2 port but fails to work when treated alone…I thought there maybe the problem persisting with our hardwares??? So what say???
thanks in advance

[Vishal Gupta]

If the HDD is used on same h/w config, then there should be no problem!
But if the h/w r different in both PC, then u might face problems, But afaik windows XP should install required drivers to run on both PC...

[satyamy]

may be if the hardware configuration of both the machines are same than it is possible

[~Phenom~]

yes it is possible.

[digiFriend]

if you swap hardisk and boot from it, different hardware might cease windowXp. once ceased, then it will not work on original pc also.