Transfering HD to new computer

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.

"Double Bonus" <DoubleBonus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B57268DD-5B11-4771-9233-80EE9A09CAC1@microsoft.com...
> 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.

Google gives me more than 400 hits for your problem. This one looks like
it might solve it:
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt...ng-itself.html

In B57268DD-5B11-4771-9233-80EE9A09CAC1@microsoft.com 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.

Your first option would be to run a repair installation. Take a
look at these articles for some pointers:

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to replace the motherboard on a computer that is running
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;824125

It should go without saying that you'll want to back up any
files that you can't afford to lose before attempting this
procedure.

If you're unable to successfully repair the existing XP
installation and you end up doing a clean install, all your
programs will have to be reinstalled.

There are a number of ways to backup and move your data files.
One of the easiest
is the File and Settings Transfer wizard.

File and Settings Transfer
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.php

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"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.

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.
>
>