Relocating system disk to new computer

[gvm]

I have tried unsuccessfully to relocate a system HDD from one computer to
another with different configuration. As previously advised in an answer to
another post (link details below), I attempted to complete the relocation by
doing a Repair Install.

After I install the hard drive, the system boots up off the Install CD and I
eventually get the "Welcome to Setup" menu where the three options are 1)
continue with setup, 2) repair using the recovery console and 3) exit.
According to procedures, I select Option 1 expecting the next steps to be F8
to accept the licence conditions and then selection of the Repair Install
option. Instead, I get the message that Setup could not detect a hard disk
and therefore Setup can't proceed.

However, the new HDD is shown as detected in the BIOS boot up routine. Why
can't Setup detect the HDD? What do I need to do to successfully complete the
Repair Install please. TIA ... Greg

This is the link to an earlier posting:
tp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?query=gvm&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment&cat=en-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=B0DE109D-10E1-4C3C-BCC9-8EB7A22FC6A0&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us

 

[gvm]

Thanks for the reply Hans-Georg, yes the disk is definitely OK. It is not
partitioned. I know it is OK because it still works in the computer from
which it is being relocated. What do I do now? TIA ... Greg

 

[peter]

Would this be an OEM version of XP ???
it sounds like it is

peter

 

[gvm]

No, the installation CD and the system installed on the HDD being relocated
is definitely genuine. Perhaps I should see if the Repair Install option
appears when the HDD is installed in the original system. But what would we
learn from that? ... Greg

 

[Shenan Stanley]

No, the installation CD and the system installed on the HDD being
relocated is definitely genuine. Perhaps I should see if the Repair
Install option appears when the HDD is installed in the original
system. But what would we learn from that?

OEM versions are genuine. OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer, usually
this type of license is associated with pre-installed software/operating
systems - like one would get with a Dell, HP, IBM, Gateway, Lenovo, Packard
Bell, etc. But you can purchase legitimate OEM licenses independently as
well.

When you got your copy/license for Windows XP:
- Did it come installed on the computer?
- Is there a sticker on the computer itself?
- Did the CD come in a nice hard plastic CD case and fancy box, or a simple
cellophane wrapped/cardboard backed configuration?

 

[gvm]

It came as a cellophane wrapped/cardboard backed configuration which I
installed myself. To be clear, in saying that I am referring to the
installation of XP on the HDD I am moving to a new system when the HDD was
installed in the old system. Is this the installation to which you are
referring?

The system I am relocating the HDD to has had XP installed previously. I am
assuming that the circumstances of that installation are irrelevant because
the system is no longer physically present because it was removed when the
HDD it was installed on was removed. Is that a correct assumption? Or does an
XP installation write information at the BIOS level which therefore could
cause conflicts with a relocated installation? TIA ... Greg

 

[gvm]

Thanks Andy. I am quite sure an F6 prompt does not appear at the beginning of
the XP setup. Could that mean I am running an out of date CD? Would that also
explain why I don't get to see the Repair Install option? The HDD is not SATA
so that would seem not to explain the problem with Setup not detecting a HDD.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

It came as a cellophane wrapped/cardboard backed configuration
which I installed myself. To be clear, in saying that I am
referring to the installation of XP on the HDD I am moving to a new
system when the HDD was installed in the old system. Is this the
installation to which you are referring?

The system I am relocating the HDD to has had XP installed
previously. I am assuming that the circumstances of that
installation are irrelevant because the system is no longer
physically present because it was removed when the HDD it was
installed on was removed. Is that a correct assumption? Or does an
XP installation write information at the BIOS level which therefore
could cause conflicts with a relocated installation? TIA ... Greg

The license type (obviously OEM) is relevant. You cannot move that type
(OEM) installation to a new computer in accordance with the OEM licensing
agreement (EULA). It's one of the reasons the cellophane wrapped/cardboard
backed license is less expensive - it is tied to the first machine it is
installed/activated upon - no matter what happens to that machine (melts to
slag but the CD and product key safely stored elsewhere - in accordance with
the EULA - you should melt those to slag too.)

 

[Stefan Kanthak]

If the hard disk is OK, then there are a few more remaining
possible causes:

0. The AHCI driver is missing!

Stefan