Hard drive swap between a T61p and W500

Currently, I can exchange my operating system to Windows XP SP3 disk main back and forth between my old July 2007 built T61 15.4 emergency relief "T7500 WSXGA + Nivida NVS 140 M ThinkPad and my most recent August 2008 built T61p T9300 WSXGA + Nividia FX570M daily user ThinkPad w/o any problem or extra steps by my tests (just in case a future emergency...) «Be ready...» ("Boy/Eagle Scout motto and all that).

I have the opportunity to pick up a T9500 W500 15.4 WSXGA + "ATI FireGL V5700 ThinkPad in good working condition at a very reasonable price to replace my old T61 emergency relief (instead of replacing it with another T61p built after August 1, 2008 as originally planned)." I always use my T61p anchored (Advanced Mini Dock M/T 2504 - 10U) with the cover closed screen and an external monitor, keyboard and mouse, the screen so a minor or cosmetic problems of the W500 is not relavent.

I think I should be able to do the same swap HARD drive between the W500 and T61p which, except for the difference in graphics driver ATI vs Nvidia, is quite similar to the T61p where the machine would be initially default to the standard VGA and then driver, I would have only to move on to the step (in a swap of emergency) for cleaning carefully the old video drivers and then install the correct via video drivers to update the system.

If this kind of W500 to swap HDD T61p is actually feasible, then I probably do the T61p my emergency relief and use the W500 slightly more powerful than my main office replacement anchored for a year or two before the upgrade of the unit both at the latest offering from Lenovo in late 2012 or early 2013.


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