I started old comp.,put in XP CD,chose Install and repair is not an option.
It says that the installed version is to new.

"Hunter1" wrote:

> Take a look at sysprep, if moving from an old shitbox to a new PC pay
> particular attention to the HAL under device manager, may pay to change
> it to the longwinded (forget the wording) ACPI option from uniprocessor
> or whatever it's on prior to doing the sysprep, just make sure you get a
> good image of the drive before doing so.
>
>
> Double Bonus wrote:
> > i built a new (faster comp) for my Wife and she everything thats on her hard
> > drive the same. How can I use the old hard drive in the new comp.
> >
> > I put the drive in the new computer and started it up,I reconized all the
> > drives,video card,I could go to the Bios and set everything,then when Windows
> > tries to start I
> > get this same stuff:" I get the message: We
> > apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A
> > recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
> >
> > I've clicked on every option given and the same thing happens every time.
> > The windows startup begins, a blue screen flashes--too quickly to be able to
> > read the text, then the screen with the boot up options appears; immediately
> > afterwards it goes back to the original screen with the "apology" quoted
> > above.
> > I saw a posting in this forum touching this subject saying that if windows
> > doesn't start, press F8 and start in safe mode with command prompt. I tried
> > that too but it just lead me to the "apology" again. When from the original
> > screen I enter "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" it lists a bunch of commands,
> > but gives me no prompt. It then goes into the sequence of events already
> > described above. "
> > If I take the hard drive and put it back in the old computer it boots up
> > fine,no problems.
> > If i have to do a clean Install to the new computer,can I migrate all the
> > software installed,bookmarks in IE,etc to the new computer with having to
> > reinstall everything seperatly.
> >
> >
>