Ok, I have build a new system for myself and plan on giving the old one to the kids. I would like to transfer the hard drive over to the new system. Because of the way XP looks at the hardware it won't boot.
I have tried booting from the Installation disks, I see a message saying it is gathering information then it goes to a blue 'Welcome to setup' screen (nothing esle displayed) but then it seems to hang there. I have pressed R for the repair console without any luck. Xp is definitly different from Win98.
I guess my 'HELP' guestion is 'do I have to do a completely new from scratch install to get this work'? I have 'Ghosted' the system so I can recover files later on through Ghost Explorer but it sure would be nice just to get the Hard drive to boot and not reinstall everything and put data files back in place.
I can put the HD back in the old system and get the message that Windows XP did not start correctly and click start normal and it boots back fine.
Your help and suggestions are appreciated.
James
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Majeskty on 08/22/03 08:33 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
I have tried booting from the Installation disks, I see a message saying it is gathering information then it goes to a blue 'Welcome to setup' screen (nothing esle displayed) but then it seems to hang there. I have pressed R for the repair console without any luck. Xp is definitly different from Win98.
I guess my 'HELP' guestion is 'do I have to do a completely new from scratch install to get this work'? I have 'Ghosted' the system so I can recover files later on through Ghost Explorer but it sure would be nice just to get the Hard drive to boot and not reinstall everything and put data files back in place.
I can put the HD back in the old system and get the message that Windows XP did not start correctly and click start normal and it boots back fine.
Your help and suggestions are appreciated.
James
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Majeskty on 08/22/03 08:33 AM.</EM></FONT></P>