Switching to a new computer using the same hard disk – no way for her to start? [old mobo] [new computer]
Q: Hi guys,
Ok here is the problem every time I upgrade to one computer by installing a new mobo + CPU, Windows XP does not load and stops at startup. Of course this is feasible since the whole mobo changed so XP still suffering from the original drivers for the ancient mobo. Is there a way where you change mobo and not format the whole HD again? I mean, I want the whole xp intact and all the software the way was.
I Comments appriciate any holding. Thanks
Best Answer: Let's start over again. Sounds like you're using IDE drives, from your talk about jumpers.
What are you trying to do? Upgrade the hard drive from a smaller model to a larger model?
The way to do this is
– leave the old drive in,
– add the new drive as a second hard drive,
– boot from the new hard drive's utility CD,
– use the utility CD to copy the data from the old hard drive to the new hard drive,
– remove the old hard drive,
– set the new drive as the boot disk (and master if it's IDE), and reboot.
This always works.
Possible problems:
Don't have room in the case for 2 hard drives? Don't re-assemble the case until you have completed the copy step.
Make sure you set the original as master, and the new one as slave, until you complete the copy.
Only have one connection for hard drives? You'll need to purchase a different IDE cable with two connections.
Don't have the hard drive utility disk? Go to the manufacturer's website and download it and burn it to a CD.
If you don't really care about Vista, and want to install XP, you have to boot from the XP disks. You'll get an option to format the hard drive as part of the install.
Make sure you set your CD as your boot disk if you do this.
If you have a different issue, please be more specific and I'll try to help.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Hi guys,
Ok here is the problem, everytime I upgrade someones computer by installing a new mobo + cpu, windows xp never loads and halts at boot up. Of course this is feasible since the whole mobo changed which makes xp still load up it's original drivers for the old mobo. Is there any way where you can change the mobo and not have to reformat the whole hd again? I mean i want to keep the whole xp intact and all software the way it was.
I appriciate any replys. Thanks
You're probably getting STOP 7B errors when you try to boot with the new MB – is that correct? Turn off automatic reboots so you can see the error messages.
If so, preinstall the new chipset's IDE drivers on the old machine (ie while the HDD is in the old machine) and that should allow you to boot into the new machine with the HDD.
The easiest solution/way to moving hardware around is to have a motherboard+IDE HDD that you have set up already, then install, say, a SCSI card or SATA card into that copy of Windows, then ghost the hard drive from the IDE HDD to the SCSI or SATA HDD (which will then boot successfully because you already installed the card's drivers). Then, you can easily move Windows to any machine – just move the hard drive and the SCSI/SATA card, and you're in business – no more STOP 7B errors at bootup.
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Re:I've swapped motherboards and processors out as a unit before and had them boot up fine.
In the BIOS before you run the first time you set ECSD to ENABLED to allow the machine to
recognize new hardware configuration and equipment.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
What I would do is uninstall all the drivers in device manager, specially the system drivers, before switching over.
Yeah i was thinking if that would work before i install the new mobo. It looked promising but haven't done it.
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Re:What I would do is uninstall all the drivers in device manager, specially the system drivers, before switching over.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
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