New PC Old HD

[Jack]

Hello,

I just bought a new PC with XP Pro. My old PC I upgraded
to a 120G HD and Full Version of XP Pro. Worked great on
the old PC.
I tried to take the New HD out and replace it with the
Old one and I keep getting errors - want to go to Safe
Mode. Someone told me I would have to reload XP Pro from
the CD and let it reload the drivers for the new PC.
Any Idea's or is this correct?
TIA
Jack

 

[SmAfDiBoY]

Yes xp configures the Registration of the Key on your hardware on
installation. do a repair installation with new hardrive added and as long
as you have to product key you will be OK

 

[peter]

this is correct
do a repair install .......nothing will be lost
XP REPAIR
.............................................................................

Boot from the CD or you can insert the CD while at the windows desktop but
when the setup screen appears, exit setup and reboot. If your system is set
to be able to boot from the CD, it should detect the disk and give a brief
message, during the boot up, if you wish to boot from the CD press any key.

Once you have pressed a key, setup should begin. You will see a reference
asking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you
wish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. Just let
setup run past all of that. It will continue to load files and drivers.

Then it will bring you to a screen. Eventually, you will come to a screen
with the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation
using the Recovery console.

The first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to
press enter. When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement. Setup
will then search for previous versions of Windows. Upon finding your
version, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or
install fresh. Press R, that will run a repair installation. From there
on, follow the screens.
peter

 

[Jack]

Thanks for the reply.
Should I place the 120G as the master and 40G as slave
then insert the XP Pro CD in and start the PC and let it
goto windowsXP Pro setup and choose "Repair Installation"
I have the Product Key and the Key that Microsoft gives
you on Registration (Activation).
TIA
Jack

 

[Ben]

Jack æ到:

Hello,

I just bought a new PC with XP Pro. My old PC I upgraded
to a 120G HD and Full Version of XP Pro. Worked great on
the old PC.
I tried to take the New HD out and replace it with the
Old one and I keep getting errors - want to go to Safe
Mode. Someone told me I would have to reload XP Pro from
the CD and let it reload the drivers for the new PC.
Any Idea's or is this correct?
TIA
Jack

It is a bad idea to change HDD by yourself.
I am afraid that when your PC need troubleshooting, the seller will not
help you.

 

[peter]

yes
peter

Thanks for the reply.
Should I place the 120G as the master and 40G as slave
then insert the XP Pro CD in and start the PC and let it
goto windowsXP Pro setup and choose "Repair Installation"
I have the Product Key and the Key that Microsoft gives
you on Registration (Activation).
TIA
Jack

 

[Jack]

Peter,
Thanks for taking the time to give me step by step
instructions.
I will try it. Thanks
Jack

 

[SteveL]

Do a sysprep:
On the old PC put the 120 HD back in it and boot it up
follow the instructions below; when you run sysprep you
will have 4 flags at the bottom check all 4 and click set
back to factory make sure you tell the system to shutdown,
when it does pull the hd from the old unit and place it in
the new, boot up the new immediatly put your driver cd in
the cd-rom. and there you go all done. XP will check all
PNP devices and install them. This works everytime for me.

Prepare a reference computer for Sysprep deployment
To prepare a reference computer for Sysprep deployment in
Windows XP, follow these steps:
On a reference computer, install the operating system and
any programs that you want installed on your destination
computers.
Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
At the command prompt, change to the root folder of drive
C, and then type md Sysprep.
Insert the Windows XP operating system CD into the
appropriate CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then open the
Deploy.cab file in the \Support\Tools folder.
Copy the Sysprep.exe file and the Setupcl.exe file to the
Sysprep folder.

Note If you use the Sysprep.inf file, copy this file to
the Sysprep folder also. For the Sysprep tool to function
correctly, the Sysprep.exe file, the Setupcl.exe file, and
the Sysprep.inf file must all be in the same folder.
Remove the Windows XP operating system CD.
At the command prompt, type cd Sysprep to change to the
Sysprep folder.
To run the Sysprep tool, type the following command at the
command prompt:
Sysprep /optional parameter

Note For a list of parameters, see the "Sysprep
parameters" section.

If you run the Sysprep.exe file from the %systemdrive%
\Sysprep folder, the Sysprep.exe file removes the whole
folder and the contents of the folder after it finishes.
Microsoft recommends that after you run the Sysprep.exe
file on a reference computer, isolate the reference
computer from the local network where the image will be
subsequently deployed to avoid any NetBIOS conflicts. This
permits the Sysprep tool to complete the Setup program,
join the domain that is specified, and use the new
computer name that is specified in the Sysprep.inf answer
file.

 

[SteveL]

I agree 100% with Ben, they will not support you SW wise
since you installed PRO, to avoid this do not fomat the 40
gb Drive and if you do have am]n issue this unplug the 120
drive and master the 40, back under warranty.

 

[Michael Stevens]

Hello,

I just bought a new PC with XP Pro. My old PC I upgraded
to a 120G HD and Full Version of XP Pro. Worked great on
the old PC.
I tried to take the New HD out and replace it with the
Old one and I keep getting errors - want to go to Safe
Mode. Someone told me I would have to reload XP Pro from
the CD and let it reload the drivers for the new PC.
Any Idea's or is this correct?
TIA
Jack

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the
one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed, you'll
need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at
the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also require re-activation, unless you have a Volume
Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than 120
days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
likely be able to activate via the internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.


Bruce Chambers
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