trouble

R

Ray

I put my win2k hard drive from one machine into another.
Then I got a bsod (blue screen of death) it state hardware
something or another, then it also told me to run
chkdsk...yadda...

I tried the recovery console fm win2k disk and did a
fixboot then I did a fixmbr but I didn't specify a device
etc; Also this hdd was partitioned and formatted to
NTFS. Is there a way to fix the issue without loss of
data on this drive or do I just throw in the towel.

Thanks
 
D

Dave Patrick

These articles may help.

How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694

HOW TO: Replace the Motherboard on a Computer That Is Running Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=824125

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I put my win2k hard drive from one machine into another.
| Then I got a bsod (blue screen of death) it state hardware
| something or another, then it also told me to run
| chkdsk...yadda...
|
| I tried the recovery console fm win2k disk and did a
| fixboot then I did a fixmbr but I didn't specify a device
| etc; Also this hdd was partitioned and formatted to
| NTFS. Is there a way to fix the issue without loss of
| data on this drive or do I just throw in the towel.
|
| Thanks
 
G

Guest

Dave,

I have run setup with win2k, remembering the intial
install was formatted with NTFS it recognizes
two "unrecognizable" partitions on this drive. It doesn't
find the os. Is it safe to assume all data is lost?
Secondly if I go ahead and delete the one partition this
now makes it a one partition drive and if so does it
destroy old data. Before I reinstall these are quesions I
need answers too. I've made the fatal error of doing a
fixmbr and fixboot so now its a mess...

Ray
 
D

Dave Patrick

| Dave,
|
| I have run setup with win2k, remembering the intial
| install was formatted with NTFS it recognizes
| two "unrecognizable" partitions on this drive. It doesn't
| find the os. Is it safe to assume all data is lost?
* What happens if you move it back?


| Secondly if I go ahead and delete the one partition this
| now makes it a one partition drive and if so does it
| destroy old data.
* Deleting one partition does not automatically expand the remaining
partition into the rest of the drive. You can do this destructively by
deleting all partitions and recreate one partition using the entire drive or
you can use a tool like Partition Magic to expand an existing partition
non-destructively.


Before I reinstall these are quesions I
| need answers too. I've made the fatal error of doing a
| fixmbr and fixboot so now its a mess...
* Try moving the drive back as it may be a dissimilar controller driver
issue.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
R

Ray

-----Original Message-----
| Dave,
|
| I have run setup with win2k, remembering the intial
| install was formatted with NTFS it recognizes
| two "unrecognizable" partitions on this drive. It doesn't
| find the os. Is it safe to assume all data is lost?
* What happens if you move it back?


| Secondly if I go ahead and delete the one partition this
| now makes it a one partition drive and if so does it
| destroy old data.
* Deleting one partition does not automatically expand the remaining
partition into the rest of the drive. You can do this destructively by
deleting all partitions and recreate one partition using the entire drive or
you can use a tool like Partition Magic to expand an existing partition
non-destructively.


Before I reinstall these are quesions I
| need answers too. I've made the fatal error of doing a
| fixmbr and fixboot so now its a mess...
* Try moving the drive back as it may be a dissimilar controller driver
issue.

I'd like to move it back but the board in the old box is
fried.
--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


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