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Upgrading problems with Vista.

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January 28, 2014 3:00:23 PM

I recently took the hard drive out of a old vista PC that had 1 core and 2 GB's of ram, it was build by HP/Compaq. We ordered a new motherboard, RAM, and CPU, its all put together and all the parts work. except for when it goes to load windows i get a blue screen, after some discussion with my dad we decided its the Drivers not knowing what all the new parts are, If you all have any suggestions or any way we could get this to work i would appreciate it greatly!

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January 28, 2014 3:08:37 PM

You shouldn't be having driver issues before you even install windows - it doesn't work like that.

...you did reinstall windows on it, right? If not, there's your problem.

If that's not the problem, could you list for us what the parts are, both new and old?
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January 28, 2014 5:48:51 PM

DarkSable said:
You shouldn't be having driver issues before you even install windows - it doesn't work like that.

...you did reinstall windows on it, right? If not, there's your problem.

If that's not the problem, could you list for us what the parts are, both new and old?


It is the same copy of windows from the old PC, we tried to build around it. If we cant do that how would we reinstall windows?
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January 28, 2014 8:16:37 PM

Here's a tutorial on how to install windows vista from a USB stick, but unfortunately, it requires you to have the files from a vista install CD.

You can download a legal .ISO image from digital river HERE.

The trouble is that you changed so much stuff that windows isn't even recognizing it as the same computer any more, and certainly doesn't have the proper configuration to run on it. A fresh install is the best way to save you from any more issues that arise in the future, too.
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January 31, 2014 10:27:28 AM

DarkSable said:
Here's a tutorial on how to install windows vista from a USB stick, but unfortunately, it requires you to have the files from a vista install CD.

You can download a legal .ISO image from digital river HERE.

The trouble is that you changed so much stuff that windows isn't even recognizing it as the same computer any more, and certainly doesn't have the proper configuration to run on it. A fresh install is the best way to save you from any more issues that arise in the future, too.


Will i need to get a new product key for the new PC?

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January 31, 2014 5:43:00 PM

No, you shouldn't have to.

Use the same product key that was on the old sticker. It might have an issue trying to activate - just call microsoft, say that it's just an upgrade to the same PC and ask them to reactivate the key.
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