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Title: Hard Drive Issues
Post by: Unity on December 07, 2005, 03:58:20 PM

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Hi,

I recently purchased a new barebones system and was adding hte hard drive from my old computer and it won't work. The system boots up, but in the middle of the boot process it just freezes. I tried it in another system just to make sure it wasn't the new system, but it does the same thing there. I also tried to reinstall windows on it, but that gets hung up as well. Anyone know of anything else I can try before I just go out and buy a new one (which I really, really don't want to do)?

Thanks so much!!

Title: Re: Hard Drive Issues
Post by: nilrem_2 on December 07, 2005, 04:22:11 PM

I would have a good look at ,the post you have  written<oops typed>

Title: Re: Hard Drive Issues
Post by: unity on December 07, 2005, 04:26:07 PM

What do you mean?

I'm almost positive the old system failed because of a fried motherboard. The old system wouldn't boot at all, and now this hard drive will start up on the new system. If that's what you meant.

Title: Re: Hard Drive Issues
Post by: nilrem_2 on December 07, 2005, 04:34:18 PM

Maybe the old hard drive did not have an operating system on it......

When the pc booted,what was displayed on the monitor screen....


The system boots up, but in the middle of the boot process it just freezes .......
Posted by: Unity


Explain more:

Title: Re: Hard Drive Issues
Post by: dl65 on December 07, 2005, 04:40:49 PM

Unity .........

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recently purchased a new barebones system and was adding hte hard drive from my old computer and it won't work.

  Thats not surprising ......you cannot pull a HD from one pc and install it on another and expect it to work ...unless the mobo , cpu etc..... are the same as the one it came from.

you will have to format that drive and then do a clean install of your operating system.

dl65  ::)

Title: Re: Hard Drive Issues
Post by: unity on December 07, 2005, 04:44:23 PM

Thanks for your help, I'm trying that now. Keeping my fingers crossed! :)

Title: Re: Hard Drive Issues
Post by: unity on December 07, 2005, 06:45:34 PM

I freshly installed windows, and now the computer works fine. Thanks again for your help!

Title: Re: Hard Drive Issues
Post by: dl65 on December 07, 2005, 07:08:11 PM

Unity........ Outstanding ....... Be sure to get all the available updates before you start reinstalling programs .

dl65  ::)