Moving Windows 2000 PRO from one computer to another

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Here's the situation: right now, I am using an AMD K6-2/500 (on an ASUS
P5A-B), the harddrive has Windows 2000 Pro SP4 with all current updates on it
and I am trying to move it to a P-III/750 (on an ABIT BE6-2). When I do that,
I get an error message stating that NTLDR is missing. I have tried changing
the position ov the drive (from IDE 1 to IDE 3), taking off the Cylinder
Limitation Jumper (required for it to work on the K6-2) and running a Chkdsk
/r on the drive. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
 
Matt said:
Here's the situation: right now, I am using an AMD K6-2/500 (on an ASUS
P5A-B), the harddrive has Windows 2000 Pro SP4 with all current updates on it
and I am trying to move it to a P-III/750 (on an ABIT BE6-2). When I do that,
I get an error message stating that NTLDR is missing. I have tried changing
the position ov the drive (from IDE 1 to IDE 3), taking off the Cylinder
Limitation Jumper (required for it to work on the K6-2) and running a Chkdsk
/r on the drive. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
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Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations and
licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before
starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old
one (same chipset, IDE/SCSI 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



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Matt said:
And this wont affect any data files (e.g. word documents, etc.) either?
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It shouldn't, but as always when performing any serious changes, back
up any important data before proceeding, just in case. Things can go
wrong, in a small number of cases.


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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
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