xp boot hang at ecsd update successful

[hellen zass]

Hi, I have an old clunker running xp. I pulled the hd and used it in a
usb enclosure to move some files onto a laptop for 15 minutes. Having
finished the xfer I plugged it back into the ATA plug on the clunker
board and now it won't boot about half the time. The OS is confused
about something and it hangs at the "escd update successful" point. I
reboot and it hangs at the "PCI Device listing". Sometimes it would
load xp if I rebooted a 3rd time but now it won't at all. Just blinks
at me stupidly from the PCI Device listing screen.
You can't have an OS on a drive that you want to use for xfering
files? It thinks I'm trying to use an unlicensed copy on the wrong pc
or something? I booted from the laptop hd. Wassup wit dat? thanks and
keep up the good work.

 

[Richard Urban]

Hi, I have an old clunker running xp. I pulled the hd and used it in a
usb enclosure to move some files onto a laptop for 15 minutes. Having
finished the xfer I plugged it back into the ATA plug on the clunker
board and now it won't boot about half the time. The OS is confused
about something and it hangs at the "escd update successful" point. I
reboot and it hangs at the "PCI Device listing". Sometimes it would
load xp if I rebooted a 3rd time but now it won't at all. Just blinks
at me stupidly from the PCI Device listing screen.
You can't have an OS on a drive that you want to use for xfering
files? It thinks I'm trying to use an unlicensed copy on the wrong pc
or something? I booted from the laptop hd. Wassup wit dat? thanks and
keep up the good work.

If your computer is hanging at the points you indicate it is telling you
that the computer is not even making it through the P.O.S.T. - which
occurs well before the operating system even attempts to load. It
indicated a hardware problem, not an operating system problem.

You "were" inside the computer. What did you disturb or knock loose?
What else did you touch, such as jumpers on a hard drive? Other cables?
You DID something!