moving system hdd to another pc - inacc_boot_dev

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Steve

I've been googling around a while trying to solve the
following problem -

Just want to take the hard drive out of an old slow system
and stick it in a newer faster system. I have the driver
CD for the newer system; it has a different IDE controller
than the old one; so, apparently, when Win2K tries to load
the IDE drivers (which are for the old system) I get an
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error. There's an article on the
MSKB about "moving a Windows 2000 installation to another
computer" which involves backing up the old hard drive,
doing some registry editing and/or sysprepping, and
restoring to the hard drive of the new system. There has
GOT to be an easier way...hasn't there?

When I used to do this on Win98 systems, I'd just boot to
safe mode first and remove whatever IDE drivers were in
device mgr; after moving the drive, Win98 would just
redetect, installing generic drivers if it needed to in
order to complete boot...can I do it this way or some way
similar?
 
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CyberCurt

I'm in the same boat, and I have my important stuff saved
ready to reinstall due to failed motherboard

Windows 2000 setup seems to not like the configuration and
won't start - Error Code 4 when loading the executable
from CD.
 
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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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