Hi, ok heres the summary of my problem.I bought a new computer to replace an old one and when I put the hard drive Winows XP wouln't start because of a hardware change.Heres the system specs (Don't laugh. )

System 1:
CPU:550mhz Pentium 3
Video: VOODOO 3 (?mb)
RAM:256MB SDRAM
Harddrive:160GB Seagate

System 2:
CPU:XP Athalon ? 1.5GHZ
Video: BFG nVida Geforce 6200 OC 256MB Ram
RAM: 512MB DDR RAM

Ok basically I want to take the hard drive from system 1 and put into system 2.When I do XP goes to blue screen WITH ANY OPTION TO STARTUP WITH (on system2) HOWEVER, Syetem (The original PC, Works just fine with it)

What do I need to do to get this to work ? I have the video drivers CD sitting right beside me, what else ?Nova:

You cannot simply swap a hard drive from one system to another, unless the systems are identical.

You can reinstall Windows XP on the HDD while it is in the new system.

You might not be able to activate Windows XP, as it will DETECT the new motherboard and think it is being installed on a new computer. If this happens, you can call the phone number in the activation window and TELL the Microsoft support tech that you are not doing anything illegal and get the code to activate Windows from her.

DocSo, I need to reinstall my copy of XP after I put the hard drive in the system 2 ? thanks, I feel so stupid seams sometimes I get to worked up over stuff.Just have thought about the obvious.Thanks again man, you really helped.What are you trying to accomplish? If your new computer came with Windows installed and you just want to transfer some files from your old hard drive to the new computer, you don't need to install the old hard drive in the new computer as master and then reinstall windows. If you do this by formatting the old hard drive in the new computer, you'll erase all your old files, anyway.

If you just want to transfer some files from your old hard drive to the new computer, you can install the old drive in the new computer and set the jumpers on it so that it is the slave drive. Then, your new computer will recognize the old hard drive and will see the files on it. It won't run PROGRAMS you had installed on it, but you could open Word files, etc., that you have on the old hard drive.

If you're going to keep the old computer, you might also want to explore networking them together. This will allow file sharing, meaning each computer can files on the other if you mark the files to be "shared". You could also have the two computers share a printer. The best way to network is to get a router. Black:

It's not so hard; just follow these instructions and let us know if you have questions:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315341

One thing to consider:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312369

Let us know how it goes!

Doc