HDD Swap into different PC

[Dot Cong]

Hey guys, I have a problem here and I'm not sure how to fix. The family computer is old, 10 years to be exact. I have a computer I built a few years back that's a lot faster but had some problems with the OS so just gave up on it. What I want to do is swap the HDD from the old PC into the newer PC, I already made the swap, I thought it would startup relatively easily but I keep getting the "Windows did not start successfully" due to hardware change or something and the options to enter Safe Mode and all of that. What do I do to fix this? Can what I want to do even be done? Thanks in advance guys.

 

[foothead]

You will have to reinstall the OS. Windows does not allow significant hardware changes (change in chipset) without a reinstall.

I have heard of some luck putting the original OS disc in and hitting R when prompted to repair a current install. Maybe give that a try.

 

[Dot Cong]

Ok thanks.

 

[Mutant Corn]

It's actually possible to swap it without a reinstall using either a repair/install disk, or a tool called SysPrep, but both can be difficult. You'd need this for sysprep:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3d-507b-4095-9d9d-0a195f7b5f69&DisplayLang=en


This should help:
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/other/motherboard/winxp.htm


However, I would recommend a reinstall...a 10 year old install of XP(assuming) has got to have some problems with it.