Ok basically i am trying to switch an old windows 2000 computers hard drive, to a windows XP one i got from another computer. i know the hard drives will work in the original computer but i no longer have it. im not going to bother going into those details. BAsically, i just tried adding the windows XP one, to the same spot as the original windows 2000 one which DID NOT work. but when i put in the iwndows 2000 one it says,
Performing automatic IDE configuration...
No Boot device available - strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility
Any suggestions????
If i get it to work i am going to try using it to make my own Dedicated Server for Garrysmod.
You cannot just move a harddrive with installed Windows from one computer to another. The drivers are not the same. You have to reinstall the OS on the drive you put in, in which case you might as well install it on the old one (maybe the new one has more space, then reinstall it there.)
Well cant I just download the Drivers for the hard drive off the internet???
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Well cant I just download the Drivers for the hard drive off the internet???
You could try sysprep
I looked that up and it looks pretty complicated. Anything simpler??? Cany i download and burrn something to a disc, then change the boot order so it boots the CD?
Not exactly complicated..
Just run sysprep.exe
It's not drivers for the hard drive that you need, it's the drivers for all the other hardware in the computer. Those are likely to be different between the 2 machines, and that's where the problems will happen. Windows will be expecting one set of hardware and get another, and then promptly dump its pants and die.
So... wtf should i do??? i cant start the computer with the windows XP HArd drive so how would i run the sysprep command.
Reinstall windows.
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