How to get HDDs work when they swap their host-computers?

Vicky12

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Taiwan
Laptops
Laptop A:
An A Brand computer
Product of 2008
Windows XP Pro. sp2 32b.
Hitachi 20GB IDE HDD

Laptop B:
A B Brand computer
Product of 2005
Windows XP Pro. sp3 32b.
Toshiba 30GB IDE HDD

I want to swap the HDDs, Hitachi to laptop B and Toshiba to laptop A.

Will they start computers and work normally?
What can help if they won't?

Thanks.
Vicky
 
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On computers with oem installations of Windows, it will refuse to work if you swap hard drives. If both of those hard drives have a retail installation of Windows, it might work. But you're probably put of luck. Nothings bad will happen if you try it as long as you don't change anything on the hard drives.
 
Thank you very much!

I shall not swap the HDDs. I want to keep the legal right of using the OSs on them.

Thanks.
Vicky
 
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