I TRIED TO SWAP A HARD DRIVE FROM MY OLD TO NEW COMPUTER, BUT AS SOON AS THE CPU STARTS IT RESTARTS ITSELF???? CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT AM I DOING WRONG.
2006-06-28 12:43:50 · 10 answers · asked by faisy30 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
what's happening is that the OS on the HD is setup for the hardware configuration of the OLD computer (the cpu, mobo, ram etc etc) when you put it in the new computer it cant recognize all the new components and therefore cannot boot up. your going to have to back up all your files and reformat the HD so the OS will be setup for the new computer.
2006-06-28 12:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by twiggy_zippo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you want that drive to be your primary(operating system) drive and not a secondary/data drive..
From experience i can tell you that This project is doomed to take hours and hours of your life. And finally when you do get this to "work" you will be plagued by bugs and programs not working 100%. My sincere advise is a fresh install (OS and Apps) on a clean drive and put your old Hard drive in AS A SECONDARY. You know as a DATA drive not a operating systems drive.
Im not saying what you want isnt do-able; but consider you may spend 20 hours trying this "switch-over" VS 1 or 2 hours reinstalling.
2006-06-28 12:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by paulhillfromsitka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Switching hard drives is tricky. If you have an operating system installed on the drive It probably won't be compatible. Especially if your using it as a primary drive. The system settings on the drive won't be compatible with the new computer. Your best bet would be to reformat the drive, then install it. If you have files that need saving, I would recomment backing them up on another form. eg cd, dvd.
2006-06-28 12:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by Jordan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the Bios settings to ensure your harddrive is on auto. If that is no help then try to boot into safe mode Turn computer on. Tap F8 repeatedly. Perhaps you can find the fault thought the startup by...going to run...type in msconfig and check everything starting on the computer.
Good luck
2006-06-28 12:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by WyattEarp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you be a little more specific? What operating systems are we talking about? Does the new computer continually restart? Any error messages pop up?
2006-06-28 12:51:53 · answer #5 · answered by Joe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the peoblem might be that the hard drive is not working corectly with the motherboard or some other equiptment on the new computer, my best advice is to call your local computer store and they most likely will know specificly whats wrong
2006-06-28 12:47:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure the jumper on the back of the drive is set to master.
2006-06-28 12:47:01 · answer #7 · answered by Jeep Driver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure the jumper is set to the correct mode. If you are using the hard drive for a slave, then you need to set it for that. ★
2006-06-28 12:50:26 · answer #8 · answered by -:¦:-SKY-:¦:- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wont work the bios is different, unless you want to use it as a slave then reset the jumpers. if you want to use it as master then you need to reformat and reload windows
2006-06-30 13:44:05 · answer #9 · answered by johnman142 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it has windows xp on it, you can't, xp will not allow a harddrive swap to another computer
2006-06-28 13:43:07 · answer #10 · answered by butchell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋