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is it at all possible to get an old harddrive to work in a new computer. i know some of u may say sometimes it works others it doesnt. well it currently will not boot with it as it blue screens when it hits windows. is there any way to fix this?
 
Repair install. Google that. If it's still doesn't work. reformat and reinstall.
 
ok i thought i knew how to do that but when i get to the drives and select one i have no option to repair
 
thats is what i was trying to do as i knew about that but the repair option is not there with this disc or computer, any ideas
 
Just to be clear:
- This is a Windows XP install correct?
- You are using a Windows Install disc correct?
- Did you follow the instructions in that video?
- Did you actually select the hard drive with the XP install?
 
yes to all of the above, and when i get there there is no option to repair. the only option there is to format and start over
 
No clue man.

Probably:
A) You're not using the correct Windows XP Install disc
B) You're not following the directions correctly
C) The XP install on that drive is now an invalid install for some reason
D) The Windows XP install CD yoou're using is borked or modified in some way.
E) The XP install is now corrupt as a result of that BSOD

Dude it's been three days since you first posted about this issue. Wouldn't it have been easier and faster just to reinstall the OS?
 
no not on this computer, i understand its faster but its not my computer tand they are very particular about it, all of the personal setting and stuff
 
Personal settings, or personal files?

If it's personal settings, you'd be SOL even with a repair installation, as there's a chance that you'd start with a "clean" image with none of the personal settings in place yet.

With personal files... don't you have a way to back them up? (Why didn't you back them up before moving the HDD?)
 
Modder man said:
again this is not my computer, it was given to me to fix with a bad motherboard
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Ok, but you haven't answered tiraides' question: Personal settings or personal files?

What settings are they talking about?

If there's no repair install or if you can't find the exact same mobo or can't boot from that bad mobo, you're pretty much SOL. The two ways I know of to move a Windows OS to a different drive is either a repair install or Sysprep.
 
Again which settings? There are some settings that you can import/export from a hard drive.
 
Modder man said:
not if i dont have a hardrive to import/export to
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Well then get an external hard drive or another internal drive.

Besides that, you might be SOL and JWF.

Though contact a mod to move this thread (don't be a noob and create a new thread over asking the same question) over to Operating Systems subforum. Maybe someone over there might know of another way.
 
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