Upgrading Hardware - Windows XP no longer works

[Guest]

Question for anyone who might know.

I'm in the process of upgrading my machine. I have basically built a
machine from scratch. New memory, mother board, case, the works. I moved my
harddrive out of my old machine into my new machine and turned on the machine.

It never comes up. I move the hard drive back into the old hardware and it
works like a champ. I formatted another drive and installed XP and that hard
drive works fine in the new machine.

Is there something special that Windows XP does that may force me to use the
same old mother board/memory/whatever?

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[R. McCarty]

The most critical component for booting is the "Mass Storage Controller".
(IDE, SCSI, SATA). If you upgrade an existing Windows XP system w/
a new motherboard the Chipset that provides disk capability must match.
In other words if your old Motherboard was a Intel chipset and the new
MB is a Via then the IDE controller chips are different. When XP boots
it is specifically loading a driver for the existing chipset controller.
When doing this type of operation, you need to run a Repair install which
re-enumerates all the specific hardware in your system's hardware profile.

 

[Michael Stevens]

Question for anyone who might know.

I'm in the process of upgrading my machine. I have basically built a
machine from scratch. New memory, mother board, case, the works. I
moved my harddrive out of my old machine into my new machine and
turned on the machine.

It never comes up. I move the hard drive back into the old hardware
and it works like a champ. I formatted another drive and installed
XP and that hard drive works fine in the new machine.

Is there something special that Windows XP does that may force me to
use the same old mother board/memory/whatever?

Any help would be appreciated!

If you don't get the option to do a repair install, return the hard drive to
the old system and boot into Windows. Shut down, move it to the new computer
and you should get the option to repair install.
Follow the link below for steps to Repair Install and other tips for moving
the hard drive.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

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[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

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Question for anyone who might know.
|
| I'm in the process of upgrading my machine. I have basically built a
| machine from scratch. New memory, mother board, case, the works. I moved my
| harddrive out of my old machine into my new machine and turned on the machine.
|
| It never comes up. I move the hard drive back into the old hardware and it
| works like a champ. I formatted another drive and installed XP and that hard
| drive works fine in the new machine.
|
| Is there something special that Windows XP does that may force me to use the
| same old mother board/memory/whatever?
|
| Any help would be appreciated!