On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Per Jessen
I tried helping a friend with this two-three years ago - according to a Microsoft kb article, it isn't possible if the io chipsets are different. I think it suggested always replacing a broken box with one exactly the same ...
There are ways to hack the registry to remove all existing hardware so that when it boots it will load new drivers. Sometimes it works. It's their way of trying to make sure that people don't clone a drive for use in a different system. In their view, that OEM license key is ONLY for that hardware it came on. If you have to replace it you are supposed to buy a new copy. Makes a lot of sense doesn't it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org