On 2/22/2012 12:47 AM PT, Char Jackson typed:

I have an external NTFS HDD containing my music library that is
connected via USB to an XP Pro SP3 machine. Bought a new machine with
64 bit Win 7 Home Premium.

Can I unplug that HDD from the XP machine USB port, plug it into the
Win 7 machine's USB port and have it be recognized and accessible by
Win 7?

If I then disconnect that HDD from the Win 7 machine, plug it back in
to the XP machine, would it still be accessible by the XP machine?

i.e., can I physically swap a USB connected HDD between XP and Win 7
machines and have it work on both?

Yes, I do it with data disks all the time. Untold others do it, as
well.

Same here and with other OSes (Linux and Mac OS X 10.5.x).
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