installing windows 8 on a hard drive from a different laptop

[Sondey]

hey i have a samsung np-r730 with a broken screen, i took d hard drive out and installed windows 8.1 on a different laptop, but when i insert back into the laptop it stays stuck on a stage i cant see. however when i insert the same hard drive on a third laptop it works fine.

 

[photonboy]

You can have major issues if you don't install Windows to the same laptop. Moving the entire drive is not a good idea.

Plus, don't you think fixing the screen should come before trying to get Windows working again?

 

[Sondey]

experimentally, as i stated in d question, i did try booting from the hard drive on a third PC ( not the one i installed windows with or the original PC it came with) and it was ok. So i tot that would be the case on the original laptop. besides i have an external mornitor which i use with this laptop with, but when i hit the fn + f something key to toggle screens nothing happens hence the idea to install from another screen. i dont know if i am missing something.

 

[photonboy]

experimentally, as i stated in d question, i did try booting from the hard drive on a third PC ( not the one i installed windows with or the original PC it came with) and it was ok. So i tot that would be the case on the original laptop. besides i have an external mornitor which i use with this laptop with, but when i hit the fn + f something key to toggle screens nothing happens hence the idea to install from another screen. i dont know if i am missing something.

It doesn't prove much if it worked with a different PC. The main chipset may have been the same, or close enough that Windows could boot.

You can try burning an UBUNTU DVD as a simple test and boot to that with the hard drive unplugged to see if your hardware is working fine.

 

[Sondey]

thanks buddy for your time, i did boot from a flash drive with ubuntu and all the hardware works fine. I am considering installing ubuntu along side the windows to see if i use grub as the bootloader then maybe i can boot into windows blindly. and also i will try to disconnect the broken screen to see if it can find the external monitor as the default. I really dont wanna buy a new screen, i have been using this same laptop with an external monitor i just only got greedy and wanted to install 8.1 on it. please if uhave more solutions can u point me to it. thanks

 

[photonboy]

thanks buddy for your time, i did boot from a flash drive with ubuntu and all the hardware works fine. I am considering installing ubuntu along side the windows to see if i use grub as the bootloader then maybe i can boot into windows blindly. and also i will try to disconnect the broken screen to see if it can find the external monitor as the default. I really dont wanna buy a new screen, i have been using this same laptop with an external monitor i just only got greedy and wanted to install 8.1 on it. please if uhave more solutions can u point me to it. thanks

1) Dual-booting won't solve your issue. You need to install Windows from scratch. All dual-booting does is adds a choice as to which OS to boot from, but your issue happens AFTER this point.

2) Installing Windows - Since you already installed it on another laptop, it should be no problem to do the same thing on THIS one. Make sure to update the drivers as needed from the laptop site. You should be able to use a different Intel/AMD/NVidia graphics driver instead of the outdated laptop one. Usually you can't as the manufacture adds code into the Windows installation to prevent this (due to them modifying the graphics drivers for laptop-specific brightness or other features).

3) Desktop Monitor: There should be a KEY that you can press (sometimes Function + an F-Key) that toggles which screen is used so you can attach a desktop monitor and toggle that until you can see something on the monitor.

*I've never tried this with no Operating System installed though. Stick in the WIndows Installation disc with the monitor attached and try to get something viewable via the above key method.

 

[Sondey]

hey photonboy, thanks a lot for time, i did fix the issue in a silly way though, but i guess sometimes its requires that for the unpredicatable behaviour of hardwares. The laptop is a Samsung NP-R730. Using the key combo (Fn + F4 or F10) wouldnt boot to screen. Will include my solution incase it helps anyone. I disconnected the laptop's screen and connected it to an external monitor through the VGA (HDMI won work if internal screen is disconnected), installed windows on it then installed the driver for the internal (still disconnected) monitor, shutdown the PC, reconnect the internal monitor and reboot it and VIOLA!! it lights up. Thanks again for ur time photonboy.