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swapping HDs on a select 750. (follow-up to an older post)
I have a select 750 (AMD Athlon 750MHz, Jabil Kadoka motherboard). It
came with a 20GB HD with Win98. I wanted to swap the HD with a 120GB HD with Win2003 server installed on it. I updated the BIOS (to P06) so it can see larger HDs. Bootup is incomplete.. No msgs indicating any failure.. When I boot with safe mode the last msg I see is drvmain.sdb (apparently a database with compatibility problems with certain devices) and its stuck there.. I was told previously that you cannot move XP installs between PCs. Is that the case with Windows OSs 2000 and onwards? Any tips would help. regards. |
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swapping HDs on a select 750. (follow-up to an older post)
I am not familiar with Win 2003 server, but it may be just as difficult to move
hard drives between systems with it as with XPee. If the motherboards are dead identical, usually it is no problem. If the motherboards have identical chipsets, maybe a problem. The greater the difference in hardware configurations between systems, the greater the difficulty. Other factors to consider: The motherboard chipset on your system simply may not be supported by Win 2003 server. Servers with AMD chipsets are a new phenomenon, and I do not think anyone used AMD servers back when the Jabil Kadoka was being shipped. Although motherboard BIOSes are now highly standardized in their support of hard drives, there may be differences in handling of hard drives via the BIOS between the Gateway and whatever computer the disk came from. Finally, tho not usually an issue with servers, Microsoft has several versions of each operating system sold, and the Windows COA from one will not be accepted by the others. In short, simply moving a hard drive with Windows from system to system is a difficult proposition. Microsoft wanted it to be that way... Ben Myers On 25 Aug 2006 15:05:59 -0700, wrote: I have a select 750 (AMD Athlon 750MHz, Jabil Kadoka motherboard). It came with a 20GB HD with Win98. I wanted to swap the HD with a 120GB HD with Win2003 server installed on it. I updated the BIOS (to P06) so it can see larger HDs. Bootup is incomplete.. No msgs indicating any failure.. When I boot with safe mode the last msg I see is drvmain.sdb (apparently a database with compatibility problems with certain devices) and its stuck there.. I was told previously that you cannot move XP installs between PCs. Is that the case with Windows OSs 2000 and onwards? Any tips would help. regards. |
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