Moving Windows 7 hard drive to another computer

Hi
I have Windows 7 running on a Dell Dimension XPS Gen 3.

Can I move the hard drive to a HP Workstation XW6000?

Will it work or will I have to upgrade the Workstation from XP to 7 and transfer over?

The Hp XW6000 has 2 Xeon dual core 3.20 cpus' and 4 Gb ram.
Thanks
sedge

 

Hi
Let me explain.
I have nearly a complete set of upgrades for Windows starting with DOS 6 and Windows 3.5 and ending with 7.
I am missing Vista.
I was given the the Dell as it was not working I fixed the problem formatted the hard drive and installed XP.(I dumped my old computer)with my upgrade disks.
I then purchased the Windows 7 upgrade and upgraded the Dell.
The Dell is now playing up and I have another used HP computer with a XP licence.
I could upgrade the HP and authenticate it with Microsoft and transfer the files from the old one.
I thought if it was possible to move the hard drive and throw away the old Dell it would save a lot of time and effort..
Regards
Ken

 

Hi
Ah well no such thing in life as a free lunch!
Just have to do it the hard way.
Thanks for your information.
Best regards
sedge