Moving hard drive to other computer, XP stops

[JP]

Hello,

I want to move my harddrive with Windows XP Pro to another
computer (I know have a new bigger drive). But when I
install the old drive, and boot up, I get a blue screen
that tells me that Windows has stop to protect my computer.
It then says to check antivirus and to run chkdsk...
But I don't get a prompt to start anything.

Is there something I can do, I want to keep the data on the
drive and not reformat it if possible.
JP

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old one
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.), you'll
need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at
the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341


Bruce Chambers

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"JP" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> I want to move my harddrive with Windows XP Pro to another
> computer (I know have a new bigger drive). But when I
> install the old drive, and boot up, I get a blue screen
> that tells me that Windows has stop to protect my computer.
> It then says to check antivirus and to run chkdsk...
> But I don't get a prompt to start anything.
>
> Is there something I can do, I want to keep the data on the
> drive and not reformat it if possible.
> JP

[BR]

These hard drives are plug and play compatiable ATA. No
configuration needs to be done. Unless... you want to have
multiple drives "Master" or "Slave" you will need to
change the configuration. Your Bios will do the rest.

I have swapped out hard drives with OS's installed on them
many times and have not had any problems. If you are
considering doing this alot I would consider purchase Hot
swapable bays, inexpensive and are a big time saver.


>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> Unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to
the old one
>(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version,
etc.), you'll
>need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade)
installation, at
>the very least:
>
>How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
>
>
>Bruce Chambers
>
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>----
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever
count on
>having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
>"JP" > wrote in message
...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to move my harddrive with Windows XP Pro to
another
>> computer (I know have a new bigger drive). But when I
>> install the old drive, and boot up, I get a blue screen
>> that tells me that Windows has stop to protect my
computer.
>> It then says to check antivirus and to run chkdsk...
>> But I don't get a prompt to start anything.
>>
>> Is there something I can do, I want to keep the data on
the
>> drive and not reformat it if possible.
>> JP
>
>
>.
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

How many times have you moved a WinXP installation to a different
motherboard? From your post, I'd judge "Never." Having "plug&pray"
hard drives is *completely* irrelevant. The OS needs to have the
proper HAL and drivers for the specific motherboard.

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"BR" > wrote in message
...
> These hard drives are plug and play compatiable ATA. No
> configuration needs to be done. Unless... you want to have
> multiple drives "Master" or "Slave" you will need to
> change the configuration. Your Bios will do the rest.
>
> I have swapped out hard drives with OS's installed on them
> many times and have not had any problems. If you are
> considering doing this alot I would consider purchase Hot
> swapable bays, inexpensive and are a big time saver.
>
>