HardDisk Boot Problem

Does the system not boot at all?

Or, does Windows stop loading?

If the system does not boot at all, triple check the jumpers on the drive.

If Windows does not load, that is because your hardware is dramatically different between the 2 systems.

If possible, move the drive back to the old hardware.
Boot up and enter device manager.
Remove every device that will be different on the new system.
The IDE controller and other motherboard devices are the most critical.

Shut down and move the drive to your new hardware.

If this does not help, please post a comment with more specifics:
Version of Windows
Amount of RAM on the new system
Exact details of what happens when you attempt to boot the new system

1 final thought, if the BIOS settings for the hard drive on the old system were not the manufactures "default" settings, the new system may not be setting the drive parameters in a manner that would allow the drive to be properly accessed.

Chas

Hmmm, should work. What OS are you trying to boot?

First, check that the H(ard) D(isk) D(rive) cable in the new PC supports the older drive.

Next, ensure the jumper settings are correct for the old drive in the new machine.

Then, ensure that the BIOS can see the drive, try the options including AUTO and LBA off (default will be off I believe).

If all that's OK, set the drive to slave and try it as a slave drive in another working machine (XP is good for this - even if it can't read the drive it will show it to you, at least you know it's OK to use).

Hope this helps some,

Andy

It will never work because of the old windows hardware settings - either you need to start windows in safe mode and reinstall/recognize all of the new hardware - mainboad/hdd controlers/video and so on...

Or you need to save your data somewhere and make a fresh/clean install of win