Transfering old hard drive with XP installed to new pc

[Ted Zieglar]

You can't. Your XP installation has the hardware profile of your old
computer. You can install the hard disk into your new computer, but then
you'll need to do a repair install of XP. OTOH, if your original
installation of XP was OEM-supplied, you may not be able to use your XP CD
on another computer. Also, if your original installation of XP was
OEM-supplied, Microsoft won't activate it.

 

[braincracker]

I have an old hp pc with xp installed...i tried to install it into a
newer pc, but i'm getting a message that says NTLDR not loaded...how
can i install this old hard drive without reinstalling XP? please help.

 

[braincracker]

You can't. Your XP installation has the hardware profile of your old
computer. You can install the hard disk into your new computer, but
then
you'll need to do a repair install of XP. OTOH, if your original
installation of XP was OEM-supplied, you may not be able to use your XP
CD
on another computer. Also, if your original installation of XP was
OEM-supplied, Microsoft won't activate it.
--
Ted Zieglar
"A fool and his data are soon parted."

"braincracker" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

I have an old hp pc with xp installed...i tried to install it into a
newer pc, but i'm getting a message that says NTLDR not loaded...how
can i install this old hard drive without reinstalling XP? please
help.

with a newer hp, but i'm worried about the chipset not being the same

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Try the following procedure:

Recovering during startup
http://wurl.ca/?r=s

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| > braincrackerThanks...i tried that...it didn't work..i was hoping that it may work
| with a newer hp, but i'm worried about the chipset not being the same
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| braincracker

 

[George Bashore]

http://tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm

 

[braincracker]

']Try the following procedu

Recovering during startup
http://wurl.ca/?r=s

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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thanks, i don't want to lose any preinstalled application cos i don't
have the cds anymore...