Boot problem with new install of windows xp

Hey everyone,

I've got a problem with a fresh install of windows xp (inc. SP2) on an old laptop I was recently given.

Its got a busted CD drive and no option on the bios to boot from USB (its a bit on the old side) so the only way I was able to get windows onto it was by plugging its hard drive into my desktop using a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adapter I had lying around.

I was able to install windows successfully and it booted successfully as the system drive of my desktop.

Unfortunately, when I put the drive back in to the laptop it failed to boot. I tried safe mode and found it was freezing at mup.sys. I looked into the problem in other forums and found that I could disable it using the recovery console on the XP setup disk. ('disable mup' at the command prompt).

However, the laptop managed to get past mup.sys and instead decided to hang at ndis.sys. I disabled it in the same way as mup.sys but it again decided to hang at ntfs.sys instead.

I then put the drive back into the desktop which now failed to boot fully. I re-enabled ndis.sys and now it boots back into windows on the desktop but there's still no joy with the laptop.

So now I have a laptop hard drive with a copy of windows that will boot on my desktop but refuses to do so on my laptop.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

Well, you can't install Windows on a laptop hard drive when that drive is installed on a desktop. During the install process, Windows examines the hardware and installs the necessary drivers. So, it installed drivers for hardware that is in your PC, not the laptop. After you installed Windows, you installed that drive back into your laptop, and since the hardware is completely different the system comes to a grinding halt.

First, reinstall the drive into your desktop as a slave. Boot up your PC and then create a new partition in the laptop drive. Format it.

Next, visit your laptop manufacturer's website and download all of the required drivers. Laptops need special software and drivers, so you must have them available. Download them to your PC, then copy them to the new partition you created on the laptop drive.

Now, turn off your PC and make the laptop drive the primary, then restart and perform another install. Monitor the install carefully - after it copies all of the files it will reboot. At that point, allow the system to restart, but turn off the PC when the BIOS page comes up. Take the drive out and put it back into your laptop. Continue the install process.

After Windows is installed, install the drivers you put on the new partition. If you did everything right, you should have a working install of XP.

 

IF that doesn't work (nice idea kegobeer) I have a SP1 / SP2 hardware patch that will allow you to load XP on your desktop, apply the patch and then install the drive back into the laptop without the BSOD (its the hardware patch) - like stated above, XP does not allow install on one chipset and then installed on another machine/with another chipset - If you HAD the same chipset between the two machines then you would be able to do it without any patch -

 

!!!thats how we do it!!!

just perform that killer james bond move kegobeer told you

 

hi iam having the same problem with time 727 laptop,woke up switched on would not boot,said things were missing from reg,so i formatted but i cant get it to install xp,am intrested in trying your patch,also any one know where i can get drivers for it

 

It wouldn't install? At what point does the install stop?

 

it wont do any thing,i was told to in stall win 98 with laptop hard drive connected to desktop pc then put it back and up grade to win xp which was how i done it before,only prob with that its not a clean install more things to go wrong

 

If your laptop came with Windows 98, then just install Windows 98 on your laptop, then use the XP upgrade disk.

If you have the exact same problem (no CD-ROM), then you have to follow the steps I provided, except you'll have to do it twice (once with the 98 install, and again with the XP upgrade).

I have no idea where to find drivers for your laptop. If you can't find them on the manufacturer's website, then try Google.