My CD drive is broke in one computer that had windows 98 on it, So i took the hard drive out and put it into another computer and installed windows XP onto it. Now that i put the hard drive back into the old computer when i start my computer it tells me that windows failed to start succesfully and it lets me pick how i wish to start, no matter how i start it brings me back to the same screen and nothing happens. Just wanted to know how i could fix this if its possible.
2007-02-03 09:25:40 · 9 answers · asked by hahaicamefirsthar 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You have to boot to the Windows CD and run a repair. Windows doesn't recognize the hardware in this new computer and need to be repaired to load the new hardware drivers.
2007-02-03 09:29:06 · answer #1 · answered by hallmike1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't put a hard drive in one computer to install Windows XP and move it to another like you could with Windows 98. Windows XP has a much more stringent HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) than Windows 98 did.
Your best bet would be to put the CD-ROM from the working computer into the computer with the broken CD-ROM drive and install Windows on there. Then you can put the CD-ROM drive back in the working computer.
2007-02-03 17:30:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mike K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Really a bad mistake on your part as you can buy a new hard drive for so little now days. You have created yourself a problem that will require a total cleaning of the hard drive and a reinstall of windows 98 . That computer using 98 requires a thing called partitioning of the hard drive itself prior to installation of win98
The old computer has a motherboard that will not run a hard drive with windows XP on it. You are going to have to run a Utility program and remove it.
1. That requires you start in safe mode Press F8
Then, Just as a possiblity, go to Start, Programs, accesories, and system and see if you have a System Restore on there. Just by chance you might. If its prior to when you did this click that date on the calender in there and run it to see if it will restore to that prior date. If not you will have to procede as below.
1. then insert the Utility disc ( Buy one at Staples or computer store. )
2. Remove all from hard drive software using the utility removal tool
3. Repartition your computer hard drive
4. Reinstall windows 98 from your disc supplied with your old comptuter.
That is a lot of work to do and near impossible if you dont have any experience doing it.
2007-02-03 17:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by James M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The old computer probably doesnt have the right system requierments for XP. Or it thinks that your giving away ur CD key becuase its the same windows and a diffrent computer.
2007-02-03 17:28:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Install Ubuntu instead of Windows XP or replace the broken CD-ROM. You could temporally use the cd-rom from the other computer.
2007-02-03 17:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by HRComputers.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot take a hardrive that windows was installed on and put it in another computer. windows is set up that way to keep people from making exact copies of new windows installations and using it for another computer in order to get around verification.
2007-02-03 17:33:54 · answer #6 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the old PC was running 98 it may not be compatible with XP. Processor is probably too slow. First try loading the drivers that match that machine
2007-02-03 17:29:33 · answer #7 · answered by Jack Tax 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe it might be cause your 98 can't upgrade to xp. Either you don't have the requirements or your pc parts are to old to run in xp.
(Maybe like your motherboard). But I suggest you show an expert.
2007-02-03 17:41:23 · answer #8 · answered by ind01mm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol for once you got me.
2007-02-03 17:28:19 · answer #9 · answered by zspace101 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋