Windows OS XP won't boot

[cdplayer]

I moved a larger partition holding the operating system to a smaller

partition on a different drive. (This drive has never held the OS before.)

It appears that I didn't have a problem with the move. Most of the work

was done by Acronis 10.

When I reinstalled the hard drive (in a different machine) that contained the

transfered OS into the computer the system would not boot.

I came to the conclusion that ROM didn't know where to find the OS. I booted

up Dos 6.22 fired up FDISK and assigned an active disk.

When I rebooted ROM found Windows XP BUT will not complete the booting

process. Attempting to boot "normally" causes a loop. I can see the Windows

Banner and then the booting process starts from the beginning.

When I attempt to reboot via Safe Mode the procedure starts as usual then

stops at the blue Windows banner.

BTW, the OS/partition was placed at the beginning of the drive.

Where should I go from here? :confused:

Thanks!

[TheFlash428]

Is the new computer you installed the harddrive in identical to the one in which the OS image was created?

Unless you have a similar hardware configuration, I highly doubt that this would work.

[pmshah]

Transfer the hard disk back to the original PC from which it was copied. It should boot normally.

Next change the hard disk controller to "generic ide" controller. Change the graphic card to "generic vga". Transfer the hdd to the new machine.

You MUST boot to "Safe Mode" the first tyime around. Windows will find the new hardware & install the necessary drivers if these are standard ones included in the XP installation.