hard drive transfer

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I have installed windows on someone elses hard drive via
my computer. Now when they try to plug in the hard drive
and start windows, they have the Please start windows in
safe mode screen pop up. When they try to exit out of
this or let the counter clock down to zero the computer
locks up. I have never had this problem before. XP
normally will automatically detect and install
everything. In this case Windows wont start at all.
 
Xp will function in the way you expect, when the two computers are of similar configuration

Motherboard, AGP Card, CPU [AMD vs Intel] and Performance, Memory Type and other smaller compnents all have an impact

The xecurity features of Windows are designed to prevent a functioning hard disk from being cloned on one PC and installed on another. This is the most probable cause of your problem

You can attempt a repair, but it may be simpler to reinstall as opposed to a clean install. Look here for assistance
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/
 
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