Jonas77
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Move NTFS harddrive to another computer
Hello
Is it possible to move a NTFS formatted harddrive to another computer? (To make a large and fast transformation of data)
When booting the computer halts, when the new (NTFS formatted) harddrive is connected.
The OS is XP home.
Is it a NTFS safety feature?
Regards
Jonas
Is it possible to move a NTFS formatted harddrive to another computer? (To make a large and fast transformation of data)
When booting the computer halts, when the new (NTFS formatted) harddrive is connected.
The OS is XP home.
Is it a NTFS safety feature?
Regards
Jonas
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Jumpers are checked.
I am booting to the original harddrive.
The NTFS harddrive (which I am trying to connect) is placed as a secondary unit whit jumpers CS (cable select).
The bios recognize the harddrives and then the system crashes... (or stop booting)
XP home does not start loading.
Error message: Keyboard error or system unit error...
The keyboard works fine otherwise. It is connected through a USB-port.
Hope this information helps.
Thanks for the earlier advices.
/Jonas
I am booting to the original harddrive.
The NTFS harddrive (which I am trying to connect) is placed as a secondary unit whit jumpers CS (cable select).
The bios recognize the harddrives and then the system crashes... (or stop booting)
XP home does not start loading.
Error message: Keyboard error or system unit error...
The keyboard works fine otherwise. It is connected through a USB-port.
Hope this information helps.
Thanks for the earlier advices.
/Jonas
if its showing blue screen error then nothing can be done cos xp will be detecting new devices which results in blue screen error . this can sometimes be remedied by removing all the unnecessary cards installed in the new pc
hope this will do
hope this will do
has the cable select option worked with 2 drives in the past? Some boards don't support that option. Try jumpering the drives master/slave...
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I have tried different jumpersetting (master, slave, cable select) with the two disks. I have tried different jumper settings with the disks on the same cable and on different ones. The original harddrive has jumper setting cable select.
The motherboard supports cable select. The original disk has jumper setting cable select.
The file system for my XP home is also NTFS.
The error message is not a blue screen. It happens prior to XP starts loading (I think...)
/Jonas
The motherboard supports cable select. The original disk has jumper setting cable select.
The file system for my XP home is also NTFS.
The error message is not a blue screen. It happens prior to XP starts loading (I think...)
/Jonas
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I have made an interesting mark...
I tried to boot with PartitionMagic start disks...
When asked to insert the second disk I could not anser (press any key) yes to continue.
The keyboard is connected with USB. When does the USB drivers load? With XP home?
I am also unable to enter BIOS. Maybe the keyboard is the bastard in the sad story...
I have no other keyboard at hand to try the theory right now.
/Jonas
I tried to boot with PartitionMagic start disks...
When asked to insert the second disk I could not anser (press any key) yes to continue.
The keyboard is connected with USB. When does the USB drivers load? With XP home?
I am also unable to enter BIOS. Maybe the keyboard is the bastard in the sad story...
I have no other keyboard at hand to try the theory right now.
/Jonas
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm