tsttm

I've reformatted & setup drives before..but i've never set one up on one computer, then removed the drive to a 2nd computer hoping it will work.

Should it work?

I'm asking because I've done this, but the drive is not booting up in the new (2nd) computer. I can't figure out why it's not working...I can see that the drive is detected in the bios (the only thing that might be unusual is that it comes up as the secondary master- primary master & primary slave are both going to Cd roms..).

It goes through the initial memory check, then it displays a bunch of info like pci devices & their irq number...but it hangs there with a cursor blinking (no error messages). At one point, i did get a message saying ECSD update successful..not %100 what that means).

Any ideas? Shouldn't i be able to set it up on one computer then transfer it to another? The hard drive is an IDE drive...the computer i used to set it up is an HP business computer (P4 2.1 Ghz)..the 2nd comp is a generic built computer (P3 933Mhz).

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

HD_Monkey

You can't JUST move it from one computer to another if it contains the operating system. When you install windows it creates the hardware abstraction layer based on the system it is installed on. If you move the drive to a second computer, you will have do a repair install using the install disk. This will recreate the HAL. After that it should work fine.

linderman

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XP...install.htm#RI

tsttm

ok thanks. So i just need to use the windows CD & do a 'repair'.

Thanks very much. My comp knowledge is obviously patchy..so i learned something.

goku262002

Sorry to hijack tsttm but this seems allot like my problem. i recently got a second computer and i want to transfer my old main hard drive to my new computer as a second hard drive. My new computer has winXP home while my old computer had WinXP professional. what should i do before and after i install the old hard drive? Thank you.

tsttm

it's cool, i'm glad you posted here. I kind of did stuff not knowing what i was doing. I'm interested to hear what people say to see if i did it right or not.

goku262002

actually i made my own topic it wasnt right hijacking. its located here:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...-transfer.html
if anyone wants to help.

linderman

run the win xp repair install ,,,,,,,, then install your motherboard drivers and other device drivers / then all windows updates

then you can use the drive to boot from

goku262002

~Wait wait. this is a new computer i found i wasnt given it nor did i buy it i dont a WinXP CD needed for a repair install. Do i need one?

~Also, Can i download these motherboard/other device drivers? i thought windows XP just does that for you.

~Ive already spent the last 2 days putting in windows updates and installing winXP SP3. Ill have to re-do it all if i put in a second hard drive?

~I dont want to boot from the second drive im putting in. I already have a main drive i can boot from i just want this hard drive to be just a second one. But, it has winXP Pro installed on it what will happen to the second winXP and will it screw things up? And is there a way to remove the second winXP? Ill be fine with the WinXP home installed on the HDD the computer came with its just going to be a home computer.

raptor_pa

NO OS needed on the second drive, it shouldn't even see the windows install, just install the drive and format it NTFS and you will have a nice clean drive to work with for storing data...

goku262002

Whoa stop there. i got files that are still needed on the harddrive im putting into the new computer i dont want to reformat it just yet. cant i just install it, get the files off, then reformat it?

raptor_pa

You certainly can, just make sure if it is IDE the jumpers are set corrctly and your boot order in BIOS is set correctly. You may need to take ownership of the files and folders you want to move since they were created on the old OS, and even if you duplicate username and password, the SID that the OS uses to set security will always b different. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

goku262002

Ownership?! what? i never had to "take ownership" of files before i just usually copy/paste them. but ive only done this once before.

I tried plugging in the harddrive and booting the computer up. it didnt show up as new hardware or wasnt detected at all. what did i do wrong?

Yes the harddrive is IDE/PATA. ive never had to mess around with jumper pins before so i just usually leave them alone. i did make sure that the power connector and the cable connector were in there tight.

raptor_pa

If there are multiple drives on the same cable then you will need to se the jumpers appropriately to either master/slave or both cable select ( forcing master slave is preferred ) both drives on the cable must be cable select or one master and one slave. If the drive you are copying from is formatted fat32, then it is not an issue, if formatted NTFS then ownership will be a problem copying from the foreign drive. It sounds more like you have a jumper issue since the drive wasn't connected. Can you fell the drive spin up?

goku262002

OK! after moving the jumper pin to "cable select" and booted it up it installed and i have a new drive! thank you.

Now then, after i get all the files off that i need, i do a reformat correct?

raptor_pa

That's about all there is to it.

linderman

you dont have to reformat ........you can if you wish to ?

goku262002

Ok guys everythings running good. but now i got other problems:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...p-removal.html
If tsttm wants to mark this as solved he can i like to thank him for letting me use his thread for getting this problem solved.

linderman

http://www.techmixer.com/kaspersky-r...009-using-dos/

goku262002

Is that for me? if so, ill give it a shot. Seems my topic is too far back for anyone to see so right now this is the only solution.