Have win xp pro home edition, I bought a used computer, pulled my old hard drive with windows on it and installed as the boot (only) drive in the new computer, upon starting up it says:
Windows did not start successfully possibly due to a hardware/software change, choose how you want to start windows:
safe mode
safe mode with network
safe mode command prompt
last known working config
start windows normally
I have tried each of these and it reboots and goes back to this same screen, when I had done this in the past (upgraded comp) windows would normally start up but would want to re-authenticate windows, but windows won't even start.
Any thoughts?
I am going to try it with another computer and see if it starts there, but if I put the win xp drive in the old computer I pulled it from, starts right up without issue.
Any help is appreciated.
2007-04-23 14:31:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
You have to install windows xp seperately, you cannot just have windows xp on one computer and then take that hard drive out of that computer and put it in another computer and let it boot, does not work that way, you have to format the hard drive into the computer and install it onto your computer you are using..
2007-04-23 14:40:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
As mentioned in one of the above answers, Windows has many things loaded that are specific to the computer it was installed on. Many of these things concern components of the motherboard, such as device and memory controllers, etc.. Beyond that, Microsoft also put some changes in XP to not allow loading XP on a hard disk on one computer and then moving it to another - it assumes you are trying to copy XP to multiple computers with only 1 license.
The only REAL choice you have is to completely reinstall Windows while the hard drive is in the machine it is going stay in. Remember you will need to have any motherboards drivers, device drivers, etc. (including things like printer drivers) for the motherboard and other boards in the computer, as you will have to reinstall these after you install Windows to the drive.
2007-04-23 15:01:58 · answer #2 · answered by gcos7 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You need to re-install windows on your old drive while installed in your new computer. Some information in this drive's Windows XP Pro is not correct for the computer that it's now in.
2007-04-23 14:43:11 · answer #3 · answered by Neil L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you got it wrong. you have window xp home edition. there is not such thing as a windows xp pro home edition. there is a windows xp pro version. note that windows xp have a hardware lock thingy that you can only use it for 1 cpu and you have to purchase additional license to be able to install it to other computer. it has something to do with the winxp activation thingy.
goodluck!
2007-04-23 15:10:06 · answer #4 · answered by aplus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 11:33:34 · answer #5 · answered by schiraldi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like that have all said. You can't put an operation system on one hardrive and then switch that harddrive to another computer. It has things preloaded on it makes it know its not the right computer. When it boots up it goes looking for those things. Unforunately, you will have to reload windows on that harddrive. Good Luck
2007-04-23 17:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by januarygirl78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are two suggestions:
1.You might try updating the bios on the computer you just bought.
2. Instead of setting your hard drive as the primary boot source, set your CD ROM as the first source and your hard drive as the second source.
2007-04-23 14:40:17 · answer #7 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You must reconfigure Windows to work with the new motherboard and its components because not all motherboards use the same hardware abstraction layer (HAL), integrated device electronics (IDE) controllers, basic input/output system (BIOS), and other components.
2007-04-23 14:42:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take out the device you installed
2007-04-23 15:33:38 · answer #9 · answered by budyboy65 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.winosa.com could probably help you with that
2007-04-24 02:51:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋