startup problems with diffrent hardware

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Iam using my old hard drives in my new computer and windows came preinstalled
on it i dont have the os disk's i have the office disk's just no os. So i
cant start windows xp with my new hardware not even in safemode. Is there a
way to make the driver and hardware changes without the os disks.
 
It can be done,set new hd as slave on same IDE chain as C: drive(hd),then
format the drive with a primary partition,once formatted,go to run,type:
XCOPY C:\*.* D:\ /c/h/e/k/r In the DOS window agree to all,when its thru,
youre finished,shutdown computer,set hd jumpers accordingly then start
computer.Just remember,XP doesnt copy very well,5-10% wont work,then
boot to xp cd,install xp,repair this copy,but w/o the xp cd.....
 
ok thnx for the help but u kind of lost me. Ok so i need a windows xp boot
disk correct? Then boot to xp cd? Could u please explain that last part a
little more. thnx.
 
Your main and major problem here will be the fact that you do not have the
OS CD available (if I read you original post correctly).
Just copying the entire old hd onto a (presumable present) new hd in the new
machine may prove not to be enough, which is why the suggestion was made to
do a repair install on top of the original (be it copied) previous old
install.
One reason for this (in most cases) the fact that a newer motherboard often
requires a different HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer, as in vital core
component of the OS!) and the way to get that newer HAL would be through a
repair install, leting the installation process detect this newer hardware.
hth (in understanding)

george
 
I have a friend with the Pro os disk could i use that too repair it and still
use my old code?
 
Technically you can, however I am uncertain about the legal licensing
implications, because (if memory serves) you need to provide the license key
upon repair-install and I don't know how that is viewed legally. (Unless you
can provide your own license key)

hth

george
 
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