TSGL: Can you HELP???

[Baracouder]

Ye it installed fine, used "dariks B&N" then installed in his own pc.

Thanks for the help.

All the best.

Baracouder wrote:
> Thanks Russell and Don for the enlightenment, I had completely forgotten 
> about the hardware being different from one pc to the other "Doh". I 
> will reformat the drive and install from his pc (if possible).
> Ye, googled "mup.sys" and found as you said 70,000 odd hits, poor old 
> mup.sys gets it in the neck a lot. I will let you know if the problem is 
> solved, thanks again for your time and help.
>
> Russell W. Coover wrote:
>   
>> 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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