Switch a HDD between PC's

xBazille

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Dec 18, 2013
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Hey guys, A couple years back I had a desktop that had some blue error screen every time it was turned on (not sure exactly what)
The PC had Windows Vista, 2 Gigs of RAM, and a AMD x2 64 2000 processor or something along the lines of that anyway..

I got a new desktop about a month ago and was curious, oh could I clone my HDD in my new desktop to the one in the old desktop, and have Windows 8 on it.

So far I've wiped the old HDD, cloned it, and tried hooking it up to the older PC.
I now have the blue screen issue away, but now I face the issue of
"BOOTMGR is missing - Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to restart"

Could anyone tell me a way to fix this without having to buy a Windows CD?

-Let me know if you have any questions or need clarification
Thanks :)
 
Solution
not possible.the driver,chipset conflicts alone make it a nightmare.the os has the drivers etc for your new machine installed.putting it into a different motherboard with a different chipset and drivers is not going to work.