Will it work if I transplant the hard-drive from one computer to another?
by grumpyskeptic from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5SM22)
My Dell Inspiron 531 has stopped working, I suspect that the motherboard has broken down. Its hard-drive has Linux Mint Cinnamon Uma installed, plus lots of recent documents etc.
The computer I am using to write this, a Dell Dimension 5150, has Linux Mint Cinnamon Rosa 17.3 installed.
If I take the hard-drive out of the Dimension, then take the hard-drive out of the Inspiron and put it in the Dimension, will the Dimension still work?
In other words, will the Uma hard-drive work in another computer than the one it was installed in?
Thanks.
The computer I am using to write this, a Dell Dimension 5150, has Linux Mint Cinnamon Rosa 17.3 installed.
If I take the hard-drive out of the Dimension, then take the hard-drive out of the Inspiron and put it in the Dimension, will the Dimension still work?
In other words, will the Uma hard-drive work in another computer than the one it was installed in?
Thanks.