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limcurtis   10-19-2008 at 11:14:20 AM

I formatted a harddisk in one PC(faster pc) then installed the os and applications, but I didn't installed the mobo's driver and VC's driver because I will transfer this harddisk and use it in another PC (slower pc) which has different specs.

When I already tried to boot in the slower pc using the newly formatted hard disk, the windows loading screen bar loaded three times then i saw a glimpse of many words with a background of blue (is this BSOD?) for about 1 second, then it keeps on rebooting.

Is there anyway I could fix this, because I dont want to reformat and start all over again using the slower PC.

Thank you.

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pat mcgroin   10-19-2008 at 01:49:48 PM
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its generally best to install windows on the machine where the HDD will ultimatly reside.
During install windows will always load drivers specific to the machine that it is currently on, so unless the other machine is basically the same as the first you can expect some trouble.

Since the data is already on the drive much of the time it will take is already done eg no file copying.
Reinsert the windows cd and goto the repair option and it will fix the install to redetect the hardware and put the correct drivers in place.

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