Change to another machine

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Alan

I tried to move my original harddisk with Win2K installed to another empty
machine. But I found that it did not get boot up, after the windows
progress bar and then a dos screen said you may have virus or need a scan
of my hard disk. Why ?

My original machine is Celeron 433 and the new machine is P4.
 
Alan said:
I tried to move my original harddisk with Win2K installed to another empty
machine. But I found that it did not get boot up, after the windows
progress bar and then a dos screen said you may have virus or need a scan
of my hard disk. Why ?

My original machine is Celeron 433 and the new machine is P4.
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It's due to different hardware

boot with your win2k cd and try a repair installation
 
Greetings --

Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the
old one (same chipset, IDE controllers, etc), you'll most likely need
to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the
very least (and don't forget to reinstall any service packs and
subsequent hot fixes):

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175

What an In-Place Win2K Upgrade Changes and What It Doesn't
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

If that fails:

How to Move a Windows 2000 Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q249694&ID=KB;EN-US;Q249694


Bruce Chambers

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