Moved Hard drive now XP won't boot.

[DyerMaker]

Hi all,

I moved over my hard drive which is running Win XP Pro from
an old machine to a new machine. I also moved over all of
the hardware from the old one. The only thing that's really
different is the motherboard.

Now for some reason Windows won't boot. It gives me the
option to go into Safe Mode but it hangs when I try to go
in. Any ideas what would cause this?

A friend of mine said the same thin happened to him. To fix
the problem he did a re-install of Win XP. Is there a
better way?

TIA

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Hi all,
|
| I moved over my hard drive which is running Win XP Pro from
| an old machine to a new machine. I also moved over all of
| the hardware from the old one. The only thing that's really
| different is the motherboard.
|
| Now for some reason Windows won't boot. It gives me the
| option to go into Safe Mode but it hangs when I try to go
| in. Any ideas what would cause this?
|
| A friend of mine said the same thin happened to him. To fix
| the problem he did a re-install of Win XP. Is there a
| better way?
|
| TIA