# swapping HD's between computers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 17, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-hds-between-computers/265520 "2012-11-17T11:55:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-hds-between-computers/265520/5 "2012-11-18T06:25:33Z")
> [@your thoughts on this article(U.S. collapse)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-thoughts-on-this-article-u-s-collapse/51041/15): > > Yes. You most definitely can. > > When you load Windows, it should go through the new hardware wizard and then the old drives partition(s) should appear in your My Computer. > > If the drive is old (IDE) you may have to mess with cable arrangement and master/slave pin selection, but otherwise I do this every day at work. Or did rather, I do server support now not helpdesk/desktop. That depends… :lol As long as their both Intel or both AMD based machines you should be able to swap without issues… Going from an Intel based machine to AMD and vice versa, windows Xp sometimes likes to throw a fit --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-hds-between-computers/265520)._