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Re: Run XP harddrive in a donor machine ?
I've had this a few times, it's down to the hardware of the IDE/SATA
interface on the motherboard. If it's the same (or very similar) it'll
work, if not it'll look like it's working (you'll see the XP loading
splash screen), but then you'll get a BSOD. I've read loads around the
subject, including using the Recovery Console etc, but I've never
managed to get it to boot. It's down to Windows loading incompatible IDE
drivers while it's still loading the OS, borrow a machine with a
compatible chipset and it'll work...
Lee
> My main PC has failed at home (yes i know backup backup etc), but no
> backup. Its not a HD failure, but i think the fan failed and fried the
> CPU.
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> Question is - if i buy a new PC, can i run the old HD in there so i
> can recover Outlook, and get a list of all the progs that are on there
> so i can start over.
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> I know i can put the drive in as a slave to read data, but i would
> really like to actually run XP up.
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> Will it work in safe mode with the wrong display drivers etc. ?
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> Thanks
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> Dean.
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