HDD transplant

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Chris Stolworthy

Ok guys I am sure this has been hashed, and rehashed...I know I can just
take a HDD with a copy of windows XP and throw it into my new system without
any real ill effects. But is there a performance loss in doing this?

Tia
-Chris
 
Chris Stolworthy said:
Ok guys I am sure this has been hashed, and rehashed...I know I can just
take a HDD with a copy of windows XP and throw it into my new system without
any real ill effects. But is there a performance loss in doing this?
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It won't work untill you boot from the WinXP CD and do a 'repair'
installation.

This will update the motherboard chipset and processor drivers.

Performance should be fine.

ss.
 
Synapse Syndrome said:
It won't work untill you boot from the WinXP CD and do a 'repair'
installation.

This will update the motherboard chipset and processor drivers.

Performance should be fine.

ss.
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Any instructions online on how to do a repair install? I can't figure out
how it works...
 
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:22:35 -0600, "Chris Stolworthy"

| > It won't work untill you boot from the WinXP CD and do a 'repair'
| > installation.
| >
| > This will update the motherboard chipset and processor drivers.
| >
| > Performance should be fine.
| >
| > ss.
| >
| >
| Any instructions online on how to do a repair install? I can't figure out
| how it works...

Go into the BIOS of your new system and set it to boot from a CD. Put
the XP CD in your CD drive and reboot. Touch any key to boot from the
CD immediately when asked to do so. On the next window after agreeing
to MS's ULA by hitting F8, key in R to start the Repair Install. Be
sure NOT to choose R on the first window since that will take you to
the Recovery Console.

Good luck on getting that method to work. I've tried it on four
different systems and it's failed miserably each time. I had to
resort to immediate clean installs on three because the repair install
repeatedly "froze" at some point and refused to continue. The fourth
time did seem to be working for a while, but there were so many
problems after a week or two that I still had to wipe the hard drive
clean and start from scratch! :-(


After all's said and done, nothing beats a clean installation when
you're moving to a new system. WinXP can and does install needed new
drivers and settings with the repair install, but it does NOT get rid
of all the old drivers and settings that can cause conflicts. And it
definitely appears to be stuff not needed causing the problems rather
than a lack of stuff that is needed.

Larc



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If you change the motherboard that is being used with a particular
harddrive's previous installation of XP, you MUST reformat the harddrive and
do a fresh install of XP. Otherwise you will suffer ongoing nasty Registry
errors.
 
Larc said:
Go into the BIOS of your new system and set it to boot from a CD. Put
the XP CD in your CD drive and reboot. Touch any key to boot from the
CD immediately when asked to do so. On the next window after agreeing
to MS's ULA by hitting F8, key in R to start the Repair Install. Be
sure NOT to choose R on the first window since that will take you to
the Recovery Console.

Good luck on getting that method to work. I've tried it on four
different systems and it's failed miserably each time. I had to
resort to immediate clean installs on three because the repair install
repeatedly "froze" at some point and refused to continue. The fourth
time did seem to be working for a while, but there were so many
problems after a week or two that I still had to wipe the hard drive
clean and start from scratch! :-(


After all's said and done, nothing beats a clean installation when
you're moving to a new system. WinXP can and does install needed new
drivers and settings with the repair install, but it does NOT get rid
of all the old drivers and settings that can cause conflicts. And it
definitely appears to be stuff not needed causing the problems rather
than a lack of stuff that is needed.
Click to expand...

I have to agree with you there Larc, although others have claimed success
and it's supposed to be possible I'm yet to have it work correctly. 98SE
seems to do this a lot better than XP. (However I still boot into safe mode
after it's all done and remove all the old stuff from device manager which
seems to still be there, even though it doesn't show up in 'normal' mode).

With XP, a clean install is the only way to go. A shame if you want to
retain programs that you don't have the installation disks for though. (The
only reason I can think of for even attempting it).

Chris, if you try it please add to this thread and let us know how it went.
Also, XP Home or Pro? I've heard that it only works well with the Enterprise
Edition of Pro.

Thanks,
 
If you change the motherboard that is being used with a particular
harddrive's previous installation of XP, you MUST reformat the harddrive and
do a fresh install of XP. Otherwise you will suffer ongoing nasty Registry
errors.
Click to expand...


LOL,
like clockwork.
 
If you change the motherboard that is being used with a particular
harddrive's previous installation of XP, you MUST reformat the harddrive and
do a fresh install of XP. Otherwise you will suffer ongoing nasty Registry
errors.
Click to expand...

I didn't know that. Interesting! lol



Have a nice week...

Trent©

NUDITY...birth control for folks over 50!
 
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:22:35 -0600, "Chris Stolworthy"

| > It won't work untill you boot from the WinXP CD and do a 'repair'
| > installation.
| >
| > This will update the motherboard chipset and processor drivers.
| >
| > Performance should be fine.
| >
| > ss.
| >
| >
| Any instructions online on how to do a repair install? I can't figure out
| how it works...

Go into the BIOS of your new system and set it to boot from a CD. Put
the XP CD in your CD drive and reboot. Touch any key to boot from the
CD immediately when asked to do so. On the next window after agreeing
to MS's ULA by hitting F8, key in R to start the Repair Install. Be
sure NOT to choose R on the first window since that will take you to
the Recovery Console.

Good luck on getting that method to work. I've tried it on four
different systems and it's failed miserably each time. I had to
resort to immediate clean installs on three because the repair install
repeatedly "froze" at some point and refused to continue. The fourth
time did seem to be working for a while, but there were so many
problems after a week or two that I still had to wipe the hard drive
clean and start from scratch! :-(


After all's said and done, nothing beats a clean installation when
you're moving to a new system. WinXP can and does install needed new
drivers and settings with the repair install, but it does NOT get rid
of all the old drivers and settings that can cause conflicts. And it
definitely appears to be stuff not needed causing the problems rather
than a lack of stuff that is needed.

Larc
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Backup the data before you try it. Also use ERUNT to backup the registry.
Sometimes you cheat fate when a repair install fails and demands a fresh
install by just restoring the old registry and trying again after some
adjustments.

In the current XP installation be sure to set the IDE drivers to MS
standard.

Before the repair install, disconnect all non-essential periphs and cards.
Also disconnect the onboard stuff like sound, lan, and modem.

After the repair install and the system boots, clean out the old (hidden)
devices in device manager, use a reg cleaner, and optimize w/ the
optimizer that comes w/ ERUNT.
 
If you change the motherboard that is being used with a particular
harddrive's previous installation of XP, you MUST reformat the harddrive and
do a fresh install of XP. Otherwise you will suffer ongoing nasty Registry
errors.
Click to expand...

Wrong.
 
J. S. Pack said:
Backup the data before you try it. Also use ERUNT to backup the registry.
Sometimes you cheat fate when a repair install fails and demands a fresh
install by just restoring the old registry and trying again after some
adjustments.

In the current XP installation be sure to set the IDE drivers to MS
standard.

Before the repair install, disconnect all non-essential periphs and cards.
Also disconnect the onboard stuff like sound, lan, and modem.

After the repair install and the system boots, clean out the old (hidden)
devices in device manager, use a reg cleaner, and optimize w/ the
optimizer that comes w/ ERUNT.
Click to expand...


I agree with this advice. I have an XP installation that is 2 years old
that has been in 2 entirely separate computers and has seen many hardware
changes and software install/uninstalls. Still works really fast with a bit
of reg and driver cleaning, as well as other maintenance tasks.

ss.
 
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