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Hi, I bought a new computer and I want to have the files which I exactly had on my old one. So.. I just removed the new hard disk and replaced it with my old one. But as soon as my computer is ready to start loading windows my computer restarts and a blue screen flashes.
What can I do? ( My Computer works perfect with the new hard disk and my old computer works perfect with my old disk)
You cannot transport hard drives with Windows XP on it between different machines. Windows XP will not load on any machine other than the one you originally installed it.
i_XpUser
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I bought a new computer
Did it come with XP preinstalled? If so use the old HD as slave and take ownership of files & folders then copy whatever you desire. Bear in mind that you cannot copy programs. It will be an exercise in futile.
i_XpUser
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Just a note. If it is a proprietary machine opening it up and messing around inside may void the warrenty.
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Sometimes this works. I have done it numereous times.
How to do a system repair.--Boot from the xp cd and go past the recovery console to the install menu. Select repair the existing installation. You won't lose any data except the xp updates. Unless you have a slipstream sp1 Or SP2 cd you will have to d/l sp1 or sp2 and all subsequent updates. You MUST have at least SP1 installed and the updates for security reasons. Be sure the firewall and A/V is active before going online as you will be susceptible to sasser and msblaster.http://computervitals.com/
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I don't think the original poster will even understand a sliptstream CD. Just reinstall Windows and avoid problems.
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The MS way is to do a full backup with MSbackup and then install the new XP on the computer. Then do a full restore.
Windows installs to one exact computer. What I mean is the old computer is made up of some 20 or 30 parts that are unique to that model. When you tried to run XP on the new machine those 20 or so parts are quite different. You may need to tell XP is has new parts.
Some people do some sort of drive copy. Then they do a "repair" with their XP CD. There are a few ways to do it and it depends on a number of things such as if you have a OEM "RESTORE" disk. If so you might have to get an new copy of XP. You might have applications that were on the restore CD too that are difficult to recover.
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Speaking of MSbackup, it does not write to CD or to DVD, which have made it less desirable.
i_XpUser
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Here is the normal WPA restore requirements.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php
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erm, hang on. All this hassle, when xp has a transfer wizard built in?????? can't you run the transfer wizard like it suggests, and transfer all data and configeration setting to a new pc just like the wizard says it does??????
just an idea lol.
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The transfer wizard may or may not work for you.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx
"All your programs must be reinstalled on the new computer, because actual programs are not migrated by the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. Moreover, some programs have to be installed before their settings are transferred."http://computervitals.com/
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I would hook your old hard drive to a external USB enclosure and get the stuff you want to save over to the new harddrive.
One poster mentioned if you open the new computer it might void your warranty. So using a USB encloser would avoid that problem. Whenever you change the Motherboard Windows has to be repaired to get it to boot. As other people have mentioned you can do it rather easily and it works pretty good. Once you do this you will have to re-activate Windows again.
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