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    My old laptop HD wont work on different system

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bball3212, Feb 1, 2010.

  1. bball3212

    bball3212 Notebook Consultant

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    I bought an ASUS system with an HD that I upgraded, and now I am trying to use that HD in a old Dell that i have, and it wont boot up. It just goes to the loading windows screen and then goes to a blue error screen and reboots. Startup repair wont do anything on it, and it still works on my ASUS. They are both SATA etc.
    Any ideas?
     
    bball3212, Feb 1, 2010
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  2. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    You're trying to boot Windows on a HDD taken out of another system? Not gonna happen. The drivers installed for the base system are different than the Dell's so it's going to BSOD every time, unless you re-install windows.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Feb 1, 2010
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Exactly. You need to do a fresh installation of the operating system if you actually want to use the old drive in the new computer.
     
    Greg, Feb 1, 2010
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  4. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    What are you trying to do with it? If you just want to use it for data, then that will be fine, but as noted if you're expecting to book from it, you need to clone your current drive or re-install the OS/etc.
     
    Brian, Feb 2, 2010
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    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Different mainboard - so it won't work - also different hardware.

    Besides that... you are trying to use an OEM install on a different computer which you aren't allowed to do per license agreement. (even if you aren't installing it)
     
    DetlevCM, Feb 2, 2010
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    Different laptops use different drivers so u can't change the hard drives around whenever u like... u have to do a clean install... if u want to access the data from the drive , u need an external enclousure for the drive and then using USB , get the data onto another computer...
     
    sean473, Feb 2, 2010
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  7. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Your laptop harddrive, configured for that system, will only work on the same laptop. Say you had two Lenovo T43's. They could have different memory and processors, but you could very easily and safely swap harddrives. Windows will boot normally. In some cases, you are able to install windows on a machine, and have it run on a very similar machine. For example, Windows on a harddrive used in a T61 will work perfectly in a T61P. They are just so similar that windows will work. However, once you start getting out of similarities, windows will refuse to load, and you will experience what you are going through with now.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Feb 2, 2010
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