TSGL: Can you HELP???

[Russell W. Coover]

You cannot install XP on a hard disk on one computer, reinstall the drive in
another, and expect it to boot. It won't ... unless the hardware in both
computers is exactly the same. You used to be able to do that in Win 90, but
by the time XP was developed, you could not. Actually, the problem has to do
with drivers. If the HD doesn't recognize (through the drivers) the
hardware, it won't boot. 

I suspect this was an effort to keep folks from pirating XP. 

Place the HD back in the computer it is intended to be in and reinstall XP
there. Good luck. You shouldn't have any problem.

Russ Coover 

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Baracouder
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:10 PM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: TSGL: Can you HELP???

Hello all, a friend of mine had a problem after problem with his pc, if 
it wasnt one thing it was another, ye get the picture.
I said give me your winxp pro disk and I will reinstall a fresh 
installation as he had nothing he wanted backed up. I took his hard 
drive and hooked it up in my pc, all going well, installed xp and 
started installing a few progs like ccleaner, erunt and regseeker. 
Everything was fine until I hooked back up to his pc (it booted fine in 
my pc). It would hang on startup and if I selected "Last known config" 
it hung, if I selected "safe mode" it hung at "mup.sys" every time. I 
have tried reseaeting the memory, nothing. I tried booting from the cd 
in his own machine but when it came to "press F8 to continue" it wouldnt 
accept but it would when I pressed "Esc to quit".

Please help resolve my dilemma

Many thanks..

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