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[dmackinnon09]

I used a samaung 1tb hd from a 8 month old hp desktop in a new desktop build for kid. windows 7 won't load. Tried system restore but still won't load. Has a new asus M/B with Intel Quad 7. What do you think prob is?

 

[photonboy]

You can't simply move Windows to a new computer.

You have to install a fresh copy of Windows to the hard drive on the new computer.

And now your 8-month old HP desktop has no copy of Windows?

Maybe I don't quite understand your problem. Please clarify.

 

[Pinhedd]

Windows doesn't always move nicely from one computer to the next. Problems will generally occur if any of the following occurs:

1. The computers have different storage controllers. If Windows is installed on a drive running in AHCI mode it cannot easily be transferred to a computer with a storage controller running in legacy IDE mode.

2. The computers have different video cards. Different manufacturers, different families, and different models are all a recipe for problems.

3. The computers have different chipsets

Most of the time it's a driver issue. Windows can usually be cloned from one computer to the next if the computers are nearly identical. Otherwise, it needs to be reinstalled