Moving Harddrive

Reply :~See my answer in your USB Installation question topic, How to re-install bootstrap code (GRUB), and Creating a New Initial RAM Disk.
Reply :~Unless the hard drive controllers use different drivers, it should boot.
If not, you may need to borrow a USB DVD reader, boot in rescue mode,
and run mkinitrd.
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