Fresh Install of XP Home on new Harddrive?

[Dave Reid]

I just installed XP home (From a recovery disc) on a new 80Gb H/D,
alongside my old master drive - which also has XP on it. When I boot up, it
asks me which version of XP I want to run. I've tried both versions on both
drives and they both load, and work, fine. The new one is much faster and is
the one I want to keep.

When I remove my original drive, leaving only the new one, it won't boot. I
get a message saying "NTLDR missing", along with a list of PCI devices and a
request to Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot.

I've noticed a 16Mb partition on my old drive that I can't access - could
that hold the key? And how to I access/transfer any info that I may need to
the new drive?

Questions:

1. Obvious, but hey! Why won't the new drive boot on it's own?
2. Are there any other things that I need to install on the new drive as
well as XP? Drivers etc...? Where would I get drivers from if needed?
3. I used a Mesh computers recovery disc, and not an actual copy of XP.
Obviously, it has installed on the new drive, but should it?
4. AM I MISSING SOMETHING OBVIOUS?

The old 80Gig is driving me nuts. I re-installed from the disc and it didn't
get rid of all my old files as I thought it would. It has my new install,
along with lots of folders from my original install (my docs, and all my old
log on/User folders) and looks a MESS.

Any help would be appreciated.
TIA

Cheers
Dave

 

[kurttrail]

I just installed XP home (From a recovery disc) on a new 80Gb H/D,
alongside my old master drive - which also has XP on it. When I boot
up, it asks me which version of XP I want to run. I've tried both
versions on both drives and they both load, and work, fine. The new
one is much faster and is the one I want to keep.

When I remove my original drive, leaving only the new one, it won't
boot. I get a message saying "NTLDR missing", along with a list of
PCI devices and a request to Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot.

I've noticed a 16Mb partition on my old drive that I can't access -
could that hold the key? And how to I access/transfer any info that I
may need to the new drive?

Questions:

1. Obvious, but hey! Why won't the new drive boot on it's own?

Because the way you added the new drive, the old drive has the boot
files to both installs.

2. Are there any other things that I need to install on the new drive
as well as XP? Drivers etc...? Where would I get drivers from if
needed?

Yeah, boot files.

3. I used a Mesh computers recovery disc, and not an actual copy of
XP. Obviously, it has installed on the new drive, but should it?

Probably only installed because you were still booting of the old
harddrive.

4. AM I MISSING SOMETHING OBVIOUS?

Already covered/

The old 80Gig is driving me nuts. I re-installed from the disc and it
didn't get rid of all my old files as I thought it would. It has my
new install, along with lots of folders from my original install (my
docs, and all my old log on/User folders) and looks a MESS.

Any help would be appreciated.

Before you do anything, check with your computer OEM and see if they
support using the recovery disks on new harddrives. If they don't, then
I wouldn't go playing around try to get rid of the old harddrive and
install, and just live with what is now working.

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