startup problem

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i installed xp on my p3 system and the took teh harddisk onto my freind
computer removed his harddis attached my harddisk and tried to boot his pc
from my harddisk but came with blue screen error never had this problem wiht
win98 or win me any help please

 

[Jim Macklin]

XP does an inventory of the computer when it is installed
and it installs the drivers needed for that system. Moving
to your friend's computer breaks the install, so you get the
blue screen. W98 and ME don't do that sort of check.


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message | i installed xp on my p3 system and the took teh harddisk
onto my freind
| computer removed his harddis attached my harddisk and
tried to boot his pc
| from my harddisk but came with blue screen error never had
this problem wiht
| win98 or win me any help please
|
|

 

[Jim Macklin]

No, you must meet Windows Product Activation (WPA) which
recognizes that the computer is not the one it was installed
on. See http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


message | so is there any way to avoid this ?? supposse he also has
windows xp
| installed so if i copy all those drivers and fiels in my
hardisk's xp and
| then attach it with his pc and again boot from my pc's
ahrddisk should htis
| solve the problem ??
| if yes then which files are to be replaced
|
|
in message
| | > XP does an inventory of the computer when it is
installed
| > and it installs the drivers needed for that system.
Moving
| > to your friend's computer breaks the install, so you get
the
| > blue screen. W98 and ME don't do that sort of check.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
in
| > message | > | i installed xp on my p3 system and the took teh
harddisk
| > onto my freind
| > | computer removed his harddis attached my harddisk and
| > tried to boot his pc
| > | from my harddisk but came with blue screen error never
had
| > this problem wiht
| > | win98 or win me any help please
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

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so is there any way to avoid this ?? supposse he also has windows xp
installed so if i copy all those drivers and fiels in my hardisk's xp and
then attach it with his pc and again boot from my pc's ahrddisk should htis
solve the problem ??
if yes then which files are to be replaced

 

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suppose i have two systems boht have xp running but i want to remove my hdd
and replace it with the other pc's hdd and coppy all those files that xp
have created for specific computer but how would i knwo which files were
created by windwos xp for that particular hardware :::