Can't use my old HD on my new MOBO

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Ron Yuen

I just purchased a new Intel D945PSN mother board and am trying to connect my
old hard drive (ATA-66 IDE) to the IDE port. When I boot up WIN2K starts to
load and when it gets to "Starting Windows" it gives me a Stop error
0X0000007B Inaccessable_Boot_Device. This drive came from my previously
working computer that I just upgraded the MOBO in so I know it is still good.
It originally had an Intel VC820 MOBO in it but I wanted to upgrade the CPU to
a Pentium D so I had to get a new MOBO. Anyway, I installed another disk
drive in it and loaded WIN2K from scratch and that drive boots fine so I know
the BIOS and IDE port works fine. I can attach my old drive as a slave and
see all my files fine which tells me that the drive is okay. I called Intel
tech support and they informed me that when you load Windows it detects what
kind of hardware you have and installs the proper drivers so that the hardware
(IDE port in this case) can work. I understand this and have also researched
how the registry plays a large part in the boot process and loading the proper
drivers to boot up. Is there any way that I can reinstall WIN2K on my old
drive with it physically attached to my new MOBO so that it will boot properly
without losing any data and functionality of any of my programs? Thank you in
advance!

-Ron
 
Ron Yuen said:
I just purchased a new Intel D945PSN mother board and am trying to connect my
old hard drive (ATA-66 IDE) to the IDE port. When I boot up WIN2K starts to
load and when it gets to "Starting Windows" it gives me a Stop error
0X0000007B Inaccessable_Boot_Device. This drive came from my previously
working computer that I just upgraded the MOBO in so I know it is still good.
It originally had an Intel VC820 MOBO in it but I wanted to upgrade the CPU to
a Pentium D so I had to get a new MOBO. Anyway, I installed another disk
drive in it and loaded WIN2K from scratch and that drive boots fine so I know
the BIOS and IDE port works fine. I can attach my old drive as a slave and
see all my files fine which tells me that the drive is okay. I called Intel
tech support and they informed me that when you load Windows it detects what
kind of hardware you have and installs the proper drivers so that the hardware
(IDE port in this case) can work. I understand this and have also researched
how the registry plays a large part in the boot process and loading the proper
drivers to boot up. Is there any way that I can reinstall WIN2K on my old
drive with it physically attached to my new MOBO so that it will boot properly
without losing any data and functionality of any of my programs? Thank you in
advance!

-Ron
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Here is some light reading on the topic:

How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q249694
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314082

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292175.ASP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125
 
I just purchased a new Intel D945PSN mother board and am trying to connect my
old hard drive (ATA-66 IDE) to the IDE port. When I boot up WIN2K starts to
load and when it gets to "Starting Windows" it gives me a Stop error
0X0000007B Inaccessable_Boot_Device. This drive came from my previously
working computer that I just upgraded the MOBO in so I know it is still good.
It originally had an Intel VC820 MOBO in it but I wanted to upgrade the CPU to
a Pentium D so I had to get a new MOBO. Anyway, I installed another disk
drive in it and loaded WIN2K from scratch and that drive boots fine so I know
the BIOS and IDE port works fine. I can attach my old drive as a slave and
see all my files fine which tells me that the drive is okay. I called Intel
tech support and they informed me that when you load Windows it detects what
kind of hardware you have and installs the proper drivers so that the hardware
(IDE port in this case) can work. I understand this and have also researched
how the registry plays a large part in the boot process and loading the proper
drivers to boot up. Is there any way that I can reinstall WIN2K on my old
drive with it physically attached to my new MOBO so that it will boot properly
without losing any data and functionality of any of my programs? Thank you in
advance!

-Ron
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sounds to me that you have a SATA motherboard like mine. It gives you
the opertunity of pressing F6 and placing a floppie in the drive.
Maybe you have missed that. If so and you have not got the data, I can
supply same as an attachment - let me know

Borge

B. Pedersen Latitude -31,48.21 Longitude 115,47.40
 
Thanks Borge! I did miss that and yes please do forward me the information.
I really appreciate it. My MOBO is a SATA type but I am trying to use my IDE
until I upgrade to a SATA drive. Thanks again!

-Ron
 
Here is some light reading on the topic:

How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q249694
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314082

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292175.ASP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125
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Thanks a million Pegasus! I deffinitely enjoyed the "light" reading ;-)
Unfortunately I do not have a way to boot my old drive back up with it's old
mother board as it has a problem on it which happened when I blew out my power
supply powering the old board ;-( I might try and do the In-Place Upgrade of
Windows 2000. I'll try and let you know how it turns out. Thanks again for
your time and help!! You guys in this newsgroup are always so helpful and it
is so kind of you to share your knowledge with the rest of us. I really
appreciate it!

-Ron
 
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