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Can I switch out the hard drive from one Windows 7 machine [View all]
to the exact same model in another machine? I think the cooling fan is shot which is causing a power down on my daughter's old computer. Right now the exact same model is available on Ebay for not much more than a new cooling fan. The fan replacement looks like a chore, and it might not even fix the problem.
Ideally I would just like to swap hard drives since the offerred machine doesn't have a licensed Windows 7 operating system. Worst case I could use it with the open source operating system if the switch doesn't work.
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