Swapping hard drives on two computers

I have a P755 and a C855 Satellites that I would like to swap the hard drives. The P755 is an older laptop and the C855 is my newer one. Swapping the data on the two would be a pain so I would like to know if the swap would work or possibly corrupt one of the drives. Thanks. Chuck

Swapping the data on the two would be a pain..
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