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Old 10-02-2007, 02:00 PM   #1
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Transfering Drive to new PC


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Is it possible to transfer an existing drive with all my data on it to a new PC with a new CPU and MOB? It will only have Mepis on it.

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Old 10-02-2007, 02:07 PM   #2
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Hi

Is it possible to transfer an existing drive with all my data on it to a new PC with a new CPU and MOB? It will only have Mepis on it.

grabro
Yes. I have done so several times. You may have to reconfigure your bootloader and /etc/fstab if the drive is on a different address on the new PC. The only other potential problem is if you need different drivers for some of your new hardware.

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