need to switch computers without losing data

[jim tate]

Tom Poe wrote:
> My daughter has a PIII with FC5 on it.  Troubleshooting flowchart 
> indicates power supply died.  We're going to the UMN recycle store, 
> and get a PIII or newer.  Can someone point me to the steps needed to 
> take the hard drive out of the dead computer, and put it in the new 
> computer, and not lose the data?  I'm thinking there might be issues 
> with just switching hard drive to another computer with different 
> hardware configuration.
> Any help appreciated,
> Tom
>
No problem, That is the nice thing about Linux, Linux will detect new 
hardware and make changes on new hardware.
The only problem is if the new(old) computer may have a piece of 
hardware that Linux doesn't have drivers for, and I have never had that 
happen to me.
Laptops can be a sticky problem sometimes.
Ihave installed Linux on  my PC and  sent harddrive to another person 
and they change harddrive.
The only problem you could run across if you have $Windows installed, 
dual booting with Linux,
Windows will not run on a different computer.

Jim