Old drive/new system

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It has been explained before but what hardware/drivers etc. should be
delete on an old WinXP boot drive before that drive is put into other
computer and WinXP is reinstalled, getting all the old
settings/programs etc.
IDE controllers, etc.

Im asking because I did move an old drive to a new system without
doing that. By in large it seem to work but there might be some
problems with the controllers.
Was wonder I did that now and reboot, would WinXP just install the
correct drivers?
 
John said:
It has been explained before but what hardware/drivers etc. should be
delete on an old WinXP boot drive before that drive is put into other
computer and WinXP is reinstalled, getting all the old
settings/programs etc.
IDE controllers, etc.

Im asking because I did move an old drive to a new system without
doing that. By in large it seem to work but there might be some
problems with the controllers.
Was wonder I did that now and reboot, would WinXP just install the
correct drivers?
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No. Windows 2000/XP will not just automagically reconfigure itself to a new
motherboard. You need to do a repair install so it redetects the hardware
and reconfigures the HAL.
 
You need to REFORMAT the harddrive whenever you change the motherboard that
it will be used with, and do a clean install of the OS and the apps. This
will prevent you from suffering ongoing nasty Registry errors.
 
DaveW said:
You need to REFORMAT the harddrive whenever you change the motherboard that
it will be used with, and do a clean install of the OS and the apps. This
will prevent you from suffering ongoing nasty Registry errors.
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Why do you keep repeating that nonsense?
 
No. Windows 2000/XP will not just automagically reconfigure itself to a new
motherboard. You need to do a repair install so it redetects the hardware
and reconfigures the HAL.
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The drive is working but there seems to be a problem with recognzing
the secondary hd controller.
I would assume I would delete the HD controller but what still, so the
new MB will be completely installed.

And I understand after that I would do a Window repair install and
then the new hardward should then be installed correctly.
 
John said:
The drive is working but there seems to be a problem with recognzing
the secondary hd controller.
I would assume I would delete the HD controller but what still, so the
new MB will be completely installed.
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You can, but it isn't necessary.

And I understand after that I would do a Window repair install and
then the new hardward should then be installed correctly.
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It will redetect everything whether you remove the old stuff first, or not.
 
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