My video display had packed in, so I put my hd in another very similar machine I also had. It worked fine as expected, except it doesn't recognise the modem - it separates it into an unknown PCI audio device and an unknown modem.
If I locate the drivers on another hd that the modem is being recognised on, can I copy them and use them for the hd that does not recognise the modem? (same OS, etc)
I had a supposed professional come in and take a look at this, and he didn't seem to know how to do that - he gave me a bunch of drivers he downloaded and none of them work.
( of course, due to something like Murphy's Law, I am not able to use both hd's - the spare hd bay is slightly too small to use one of them as a slave (awful way of describing that, but it seems to be the term that people use) ........
( the IT guy also left a videocard, to override the video problem, and I do get a display with it but it looks like Windows Safe Mode and seems to be primed for a dual-monitor set-up. I don't really want to mess about with my settings w/o knowing exactly what I'm doing )