SuperSniper Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 (edited) I have recently bought a new PC and i didnt want to install everything again so i connected my old hard drive into that pc and set it as Master. I then un-plugged the Hard drive that came with the PC. I then try to boot up my PC and it goes through the usual boot process untill it gets to the screen before the log-in that says "Windows XP Home Edition" and it has the loading bar. Normally The PC goes onto the loading screen but instead it just reboots. I tried it again thinking that it was just a one off but once again it reboots.I have checked the BIOS and it has recognised the hard drive and i have tried many other things but i just have no idea whats wrong! I really want this PC to work with my old hard drive and soon!Please can anyone help or give any suggestions of what may be wrong. Maybe its me doing something wrong but anyway just let me know.Thanks in advance,Dan. Edited October 28, 2005 by SuperSniper
rikgale Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 Try putting your XP CD in the CD drive and doing a repair install. As you are using new hardware the HAL will be different from your old machine. This might fix your problem
SuperSniper Posted October 28, 2005 Author Posted October 28, 2005 Ok i will try that thanks.Please can i have more suggestions in the mean time
SuperSniper Posted October 28, 2005 Author Posted October 28, 2005 Also I would like to add another point. My old hard drive was installed into a Dell PC. When i got this PC it had Windows 2000 as the default OS. I then found and installed an Operating System CD (Win XP Home Edition) that came with my HP Laptop. This CD was "Only for distribution with an HP or Compaq PC".It has run fine on my Dell over the years but could this affect it going onto my new PC?Just something i have thought back onto but just want to know if this could cause the conflict?
ripken204 Posted October 29, 2005 Posted October 29, 2005 you need to reinstall windows on the new machine, you cant just put the hdd in. it would be better to just do a clean install anyways
ringfinger Posted October 29, 2005 Posted October 29, 2005 I agree, do a fresh install on the new HD and then plug in your old HD as a slave and copy off everything you'd like to keep, then wipe and use for storage.
ceez Posted October 30, 2005 Posted October 30, 2005 @SuperSniper...You are experiencing the same problem that I was experiencing with my new mobo upgrade. Hopefully you have not gone through the whole reinstall process.Check out my problem and fix on this thread.Let me know if it works for you!ceez
SuperSniper Posted October 31, 2005 Author Posted October 31, 2005 ok thanks for all that. Got it working and im speaking from my new PC now!The people on this forum are a great help
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