I recently tried changing a hard drive running Windows XP from a 500Mhz Celeron to a P4 2.26. Both computers have 512MB RAM.
When I fire up the P4 with the transplanted hard drive, it goes through POST and gets as far as the Windows splash screen, then I get a BSOD that flashes faster than can be read and the PC reboots and repeats the cycle.
One other clue: for an unknown reason the PC will boot up if the original XP disk is in the CD drawer.
Any suggestions?
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Go into your BIOS and change the option that tells it to reboot on a failure. then you will be able to read the BSOD. That will help you troubleshoot the problem
Ok..maybe I am way off base here, but the Celeron has a different internal architecture than the P4 (ie..no L1 cache etc)..is it possible that moving the hardrive from a Celeron machine to a P4 machine just won't work??..I rally don't know..just thinking out loud here.
If I were you I would get an old HDD load windows on it and boot to it, then slave your old one to extract whatever it is you need from it. Then I would wipe that bad boy for the new board. It will be a pain but if you need certain things you can determine how trouble it is worth to get the goodies. Since you went to all that trouble for a nice new board, start fresh, less hassel, then properly configure your pc for optimal settings.
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PC won't boot with transplanted HDD
When I fire up the P4 with the transplanted hard drive, it goes through POST and gets as far as the Windows splash screen, then I get a BSOD that flashes faster than can be read and the PC reboots and repeats the cycle.
One other clue: for an unknown reason the PC will boot up if the original XP disk is in the CD drawer.
Any suggestions?