Old drive/new system

It has been explained before but what hardware/drivers etc. should be
delete on an old WinXP boot drive before that drive is put into other
computer and WinXP is reinstalled, getting all the old
settings/programs etc.
IDE controllers, etc.

Im asking because I did move an old drive to a new system without
doing that. By in large it seem to work but there might be some
problems with the controllers.
Was wonder I did that now and reboot, would WinXP just install the
correct drivers?

John Johnson wrote:

It has been explained before but what hardware/drivers etc. should be
delete on an old WinXP boot drive before that drive is put into other
computer and WinXP is reinstalled, getting all the old
settings/programs etc.
IDE controllers, etc.

Im asking because I did move an old drive to a new system without
doing that. By in large it seem to work but there might be some
problems with the controllers.
Was wonder I did that now and reboot, would WinXP just install the
correct drivers?

No. Windows 2000/XP will not just automagically reconfigure itself to a new
motherboard. You need to do a repair install so it redetects the hardware
and reconfigures the HAL.

You need to REFORMAT the harddrive whenever you change the motherboard that
it will be used with, and do a clean install of the OS and the apps. This
will prevent you from suffering ongoing nasty Registry errors.

--
DaveW



"John Johnson" wrote in message
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It has been explained before but what hardware/drivers etc. should be
delete on an old WinXP boot drive before that drive is put into other
computer and WinXP is reinstalled, getting all the old
settings/programs etc.
IDE controllers, etc.

Im asking because I did move an old drive to a new system without
doing that. By in large it seem to work but there might be some
problems with the controllers.
Was wonder I did that now and reboot, would WinXP just install the
correct drivers?

DaveW wrote:

You need to REFORMAT the harddrive whenever you change the motherboard that
it will be used with, and do a clean install of the OS and the apps. This
will prevent you from suffering ongoing nasty Registry errors.


Why do you keep repeating that nonsense?

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:11:47 -0500, David Maynard
wrote:

John Johnson wrote:

It has been explained before but what hardware/drivers etc. should be
delete on an old WinXP boot drive before that drive is put into other
computer and WinXP is reinstalled, getting all the old
settings/programs etc.
IDE controllers, etc.

Im asking because I did move an old drive to a new system without
doing that. By in large it seem to work but there might be some
problems with the controllers.
Was wonder I did that now and reboot, would WinXP just install the
correct drivers?

No. Windows 2000/XP will not just automagically reconfigure itself to a new
motherboard. You need to do a repair install so it redetects the hardware
and reconfigures the HAL.

The drive is working but there seems to be a problem with recognzing
the secondary hd controller.
I would assume I would delete the HD controller but what still, so the
new MB will be completely installed.

And I understand after that I would do a Window repair install and
then the new hardward should then be installed correctly.

John Johnson wrote:

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:11:47 -0500, David Maynard
wrote:


John Johnson wrote:


It has been explained before but what hardware/drivers etc. should be
delete on an old WinXP boot drive before that drive is put into other
computer and WinXP is reinstalled, getting all the old
settings/programs etc.
IDE controllers, etc.

Im asking because I did move an old drive to a new system without
doing that. By in large it seem to work but there might be some
problems with the controllers.
Was wonder I did that now and reboot, would WinXP just install the
correct drivers?

No. Windows 2000/XP will not just automagically reconfigure itself to a new
motherboard. You need to do a repair install so it redetects the hardware
and reconfigures the HAL.


The drive is working but there seems to be a problem with recognzing
the secondary hd controller.
I would assume I would delete the HD controller but what still, so the
new MB will be completely installed.

You can, but it isn't necessary.


And I understand after that I would do a Window repair install and
then the new hardward should then be installed correctly.

It will redetect everything whether you remove the old stuff first, or not.