Old drive won't start OS with new hardware

[DSL-Dave]

I have just put together a new system, which works fine with a scratch 10GB
hard drive that I just built.
When I try to use my old 80GB hard drive (which worked fine with the old
hardware), I can't get past the screen which warns that the hardware has
been changed. I have the recovery console installed, and I've tried Safe
Mode, however, it just keeps looping. What do I need to do in order for the
old drive to recognize the new hardware?
I don't mind re-registering the software, I just don't want to lose all my
data on the old hard drive!
Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks,

Dave

 

[Patti MacLeod]

Hi DSL-Dave,

When you move a drive that has XP already installed to a system with
different hardware, a repair install (in-place upgrade) usually has to be
performed, but there are situations when this should not or cannot be done.
Have a look at this article written by Michael Stevens:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html



Regards,

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I have just put together a new system, which works fine with a scratch 10GB
| hard drive that I just built.
| When I try to use my old 80GB hard drive (which worked fine with the old
| hardware), I can't get past the screen which warns that the hardware has
| been changed. I have the recovery console installed, and I've tried Safe
| Mode, however, it just keeps looping. What do I need to do in order for the
| old drive to recognize the new hardware?
| I don't mind re-registering the software, I just don't want to lose all my
| data on the old hard drive!
| Any help would be appreciated.
|
| Many thanks,
|
| Dave

 

[DSL-Dave]

Many thanks to those who responded to my plea with suggestions!
I had called Microsoft install support, and spent close to an hour on the
phone, and after having to do a removal of the service packs, I was still
not able to successfully re-install the OS. It was at that point, that I
decided that "discretion was the better part of valor!" Since I did have a
current backup, and had prepared an ASR disk, I decided that my best
recourse was to do a complete reformat and re-install. I am now able to
boot into safe mode, however, there appears to be some issues with drivers.
I would strongly suggest that anyone contemplating this route should create
an ASR disk and ensure that they have a current backup!
Thanks again,
Dave