Can I swap my hard disk to another n200?

Hi, I have an issue with my 3000 n200.
I´ll try and make the story as short as possible;
My first problem seemed to be that the power adaptor was dead (the battery was not charging and nor was the battery indicator light lighting up) So I bought another adaptor, to my distress this didn´t work.
So I decided to take a look at the connection for the power jack. Again I could see no issue really with this. My fear is that if I replace the power jack and so I will move onto the next component in the chain.
However I do have a slightly tangential solution. On Ebay I have located th same model without hard disc (got one) or power supply (Got 2!) and missing a few minor cosmetic parts (easy stuff) and a good price too.
So, my question is...can I simply move accross my hard drive to the new (ebay) laptop?
I´m very aware that I will probably need to install windows again, that´s no biggie, i´ve been a good boy and backed up. Obviously I would prefer to just switch on and everything to be back as normal but I´m a realist.
My big concern is regarding the restore and recovery file on the hard disk. Will I be able to reinstall windows from this or do I need to purchase a new copy of XP (Is this even possible now?) Id much prefer to continue using the same laptop due to some music software I run and the Expresscard slot which I use constantly. I need continuity at least for a while to organise my projects.
Thanks in advance and sorry for being so longwinded.
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its supposed to have same specifications as the original one. so, you should be able to use it as your original computer but make sure that you have disabled bios password if you have any on your old computer.

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