Upgrading from 2133 to 2140

[ZBoater]

Well, time to report back.

It didn't work.

Windows could not boot. It would blue screen immediately and I couldnt make out what the error was, but it wouldnt have mattered. Not even Safe Mode was working.

(Sigh)

I reinstalled the original drive, and will spend countless hours patching it and installing apps to get it to where my 2133 was.... Such is life.

[extragoode]

Why don't you try my solution detailed above? Worst that will happen is it still won't work. If it's really that much trouble to reinstall all your software, I would think it'd be worth a shot, but I understand if you think it'll be easier to reinstall, I probably would. I really just want someone to validate my process :? since I was too frustrated with it by the time I got it to work, I didn't want to risk screwing it up to validate it. ops:

[ZBoater]

The new system already came with XP SP2 installed, so it wasn't that bad. A few hours of tweaking here and there, I backed up the whole thing and restored it onto the SSD drive. All is good now. I find the 2140 a lot more usable now. I even installed iTunes and it works without studdering!!!

[Twisted]

this was a big question I had. was just hoping to swap HD's.. Didn't expect it to work at all... now it is confirmed... (awwww crap)

[ZBoater]

After I ran it for a while I did the Windows 7 update anyway. Windows 7 runs just as good as XP performancewise, and the graphics look a lot better.