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I have an AMD 3.02 XP machine. I've swapped the hard drive into a slightly newer machine but Intel based.
Power up and the bios detects the additional memory and finds the 2 drives...but t won't boot.
Any tips?
Ta.
reinstall windows
XP won't like that. I think you'll need to do a full install
Load Intel mobo driver using XP OS CD/DVD boot up under repair option where you can load drivers ... ?
When it doesn't boot, what error do you get? How far does it get? Does it actually not boot, or boot but not start Windows correctly?
Assuming the former,
If SATA you should be able to set disk boot order in BIOS. Failing that, swap the cables over. Or try it with just the one drive first, does it work then?
If parallel (2" wide cable) it'll boot off the Master disk. Are they in the wrong order? Check jumper settings on both drives, make sure the boot drive is at the end of the cable.
If the latter,
Note that if you're moving an XP drive to a new chipset motherboard, it might work, but it might have kittens. Specifically, moving from AMD to Intel could cause stability issues. You might have to reinstall XP once you've got it booting, and you'll almost certainly have to install the correct motherboard chipset drivers.
Did you put the drive with the OS on it on the right channel?
Yes, master drive is still master using sata. Bios detects drive as correct order.
Gets so far then asks if I want safe mode, say yes and it seems to reboot when getting to aliperf.sys. It then just cycles like that...
Can't locate my XP disc just now but need to search garage for the box it should be in.
I'd stop now before you lose everything on the disk if you haven't already. Best plan is to buy a drive and do a clean install on that. You can then have your old drive as a secondary drive and move everything over when you get time. When you're finished either format the old drive and use as additional storage or return to old machine but it probably won't boot that machine now either.
Backing up data is a good idea.
A repair install will probably fix it, though.
Probably.
Data all backed up...will return to original machine and find the XP disc.
Thanks.
Repair install because you have the option to load drivers during the repair ...
You'll need to do the install on the new machine.
Right, back up and running on the old machine...will find the XP disc, then swap the units over and try again - this time with disc in drive and let it boot from disc and choose the repair option...thanks.
Would it help if I check the device drives on new machines old drive and get them installed/available on my hard drive then swap them over?