Moving a HDD with Win2K to a new computer

[Don]

Is it possible to move an installation of Win2K to another computer by
transplanting the hard drive? Is it just a matter of deleting some registry
keys and modifying a file or two? If so, how is this done? Any insight
would be appreciated. Thanks.

- Don

 

[Wolff]

I have never done this , but this is how I got the fix for this.


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SwitchHardDrives To move your existing Windows2000 installation to another
hard drive:

Install a parallel copy of Windows (If the boot drive isn't NTFS, 98 will
work) or move the hard drive to another PC.
Boot to the parallel install.
Copy the entire drive to the new drive (xcopy c:\*.* d:\*.* /r/i/c/h/k/e).
Move the hardware, do a repair install to initialize the boot sector.

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[Don]

I'm not sure I understand. Install Windows on a separate drive which is
placed on the new computer where I want to move my current installation to,
then bring in the HD with the install of Windows I want to keep as a second
drive on the new computer and copy all the files over the newly installed
win2k on the first drive?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the
old one (same chipset, IDE controllers, etc), you'll most likely need
to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the
very least (and don't forget to reinstall any service packs and
subsequent hot fixes):

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175

What an In-Place Win2K Upgrade Changes and What It Doesn't
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

If that fails:

How to Move a Windows 2000 Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q249694&ID=KB;EN-US;Q249694


Bruce Chambers

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[WOLFF]

yes , you are on the right track, this is how it reads.

 

[Don]

I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and go with the ol'
format-and-reinstall.

In some ways I sure miss the DOS days...

- Don