Unable to boot when moving HDD to new PC

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I have 2 PC's running WinXP. I moved the Master HDD from one system to
the other system as a the master HDD. The system will not boot. The
bios notices the HDD, therefore, I know that physical connectivity is
there. The original HDD for this system boots normally. This HDD
boots normally in other system.
 
I have 2 PC's running WinXP. I moved the Master HDD from one system to
the other system as a the master HDD. The system will not boot. The
bios notices the HDD, therefore, I know that physical connectivity is
there. The original HDD for this system boots normally. This HDD
boots normally in other system.
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You need to do a repair install of XP.....
 
You cannot do that anymore. Windows XP and beyond are locked to the system
hardware upon installation.
Each PC has identifiers that Windows uses in creating it's installation
environment. This information is stored throughout the filesystem (I
believe when you do a chkdsk /f and see the Security Identifiers or
something like that, that is where parts of this is stored. Other parts are
stored in the registry).

You have to do a repair (possibly) and then perform all updates/patches
since the version of Windows XP you are installing.
 
If you do a repair install using a Windows XP retail CD, you will be able to
use the hard drive in the new computer. After doing this, the hard drive
will no longer boot if reinstalled into the original computer.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
NewScience said:
You cannot do that anymore. Windows XP and beyond are locked to the
system hardware upon installation.
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Rubbish. Only OEM versions are "locked" to the first machine they are
installed on......
 
Unless the two machines are EXACTLY IDENTICAL from a hardware aspect
(including same amt ram, etc), that's to be expected.

Normal, to be expected. It's most likely somethign in System States isn't
the same and thus it cannot boot.

Also not unexpected, though not the usual situation. System States etc. are
apparently close enough it can work. I'll bet Event Viewer shows some
errors or there is something installed that's not working.

You really need to do an XP Recovery to exchange hard drives. Or, more
accurately define your situation; you gave dismally little info to go on.

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Gordon said:
Rubbish. Only OEM versions are "locked" to the first machine they are
installed on......
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They aren't "locked" in that it can't be done, but they are "locked" in the
sense that you'll have to do a repair to get the retail versions to work.

That's why I said you gave dismally little info to go on. You'll only get
generalities with what you gave, so appreciate the effort others put in for
you rather than be confrontational.

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Pop` said:
They aren't "locked" in that it can't be done, but they are "locked" in
the sense that you'll have to do a repair to get the retail versions to
work.

That's why I said you gave dismally little info to go on. You'll only get
generalities with what you gave, so appreciate the effort others put in
for you rather than be confrontational.

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Why are you replying to me? I'm not the OP......I was replying to
NewsScience's misleading statement about Windows XP being "locked" to the
sytem hardware.......
 
Prpbably because he was trying to correct the fact that I was NOT misleading
in what I stated.

I explained WHY it didn't work based on what the OP did.

AND I did state to do a repair install to correct it.

I like to tell OPs WHY something doesn't work in order that they have that
knowledge in the future for themselves and/or someone else who may have the
same problem.

Giving JUST the answer is not always the best solution.
 
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