Moving HDD from a laptop into a desktop?
by Wolf.Linux from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5AF7S)
Hello!
I'm back again, with my actual meds so I'm hoping how I process these new questions and retain them will exceed my previous questions. That aside here goes the question:
I am running:
Code:OS: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) x86_64
Host: MS-7917 1.0
Kernel: 4.19.0-9-amd64
DE: Xfce
WM: Xfwm4
CPU: Intel i5-4690K (4) @ 4.000GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970So i had a Latop (Dell Latitude E6430)
However one of my friends had theirs stolen so I gifted it to them to help them with their schooling.
I took my HDD out and put it into my desktop which has the information you see at the top of this post.
(they had their own spare HDDS)
I am currently typing from the latops os so it boots just fine.
My question is this:
How do i figure out how to find all drivers that are not in use or incorrect so I can migrate this HDD to my main OS without having to format and start over?
I figured that say the video drivers would be incorrect so I sudo apt purged Nvidia* and then installed the drivers I knew that I needed. However I'm not sure where to even begin to track down any other useless or incompatible drivers and such floating around to purge them and install what is proper.
Any and al input is greatly appreciated!
I'm back again, with my actual meds so I'm hoping how I process these new questions and retain them will exceed my previous questions. That aside here goes the question:
I am running:
Code:OS: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) x86_64
Host: MS-7917 1.0
Kernel: 4.19.0-9-amd64
DE: Xfce
WM: Xfwm4
CPU: Intel i5-4690K (4) @ 4.000GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970So i had a Latop (Dell Latitude E6430)
However one of my friends had theirs stolen so I gifted it to them to help them with their schooling.
I took my HDD out and put it into my desktop which has the information you see at the top of this post.
(they had their own spare HDDS)
I am currently typing from the latops os so it boots just fine.
My question is this:
How do i figure out how to find all drivers that are not in use or incorrect so I can migrate this HDD to my main OS without having to format and start over?
I figured that say the video drivers would be incorrect so I sudo apt purged Nvidia* and then installed the drivers I knew that I needed. However I'm not sure where to even begin to track down any other useless or incompatible drivers and such floating around to purge them and install what is proper.
Any and al input is greatly appreciated!