How to ID the CPU/chipset from bootHD

[surface9]

I have several PC's, but they all have different chipsets and CPU
types. I also keep a lot of my HD's on a shelf, and use them as the
situation arises.

I got a problem with one of my h/d's. I mount it as a secondary drive
(or via USB), and explore it to see that it is a boot drive for
windows XP, but, I can't figure out which PC it goes with! What a
bumer - I flat don't remember when I built this system nor which PC I
used. Is there anywhere on the h/d (mounted as a data drive) I can
look at and identify which CPU or chipset it was built against? There
has to be - somewhere, no? I really never realized before that, if
you don't know already which PC the h/d was built on, there isn't
anything right up front to tell you which CPU/Chipset it was built
against - help, anyone? I am afraid to just try it in each of my PC's
blindly, because it might mess something up if it is the wrong PC.

 

[Malke]

I have several PC's, but they all have different chipsets and CPU
types. I also keep a lot of my HD's on a shelf, and use them as the
situation arises.

I got a problem with one of my h/d's. I mount it as a secondary drive
(or via USB), and explore it to see that it is a boot drive for
windows XP, but, I can't figure out which PC it goes with! What a
bumer - I flat don't remember when I built this system nor which PC I
used. Is there anywhere on the h/d (mounted as a data drive) I can
look at and identify which CPU or chipset it was built against? There
has to be - somewhere, no? I really never realized before that, if
you don't know already which PC the h/d was built on, there isn't
anything right up front to tell you which CPU/Chipset it was built
against - help, anyone? I am afraid to just try it in each of my PC's
blindly, because it might mess something up if it is the wrong PC.

No, sorry. There are free keyfinder programs but they need to be run from
within Windows. The best low-tech way I know of to keep track of stuff like
this (the way I do it, anyway) is to use a Sharpie on the drives to write
the details. This doesn't help you now unfortunately.

Malke

 

[Onsokumaru]

If you are referring to an HDD with XP installed on it, maybe you could
browse the registry on the disk for clues.

I'm not sure what program you would use or which keys to look at, but I am
sure someone might know.