Guest jpwindows Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 My motherboard died and I am trying to move my hard drive to another computer. When I boot the system, it comes up in safe mode. The drivers start loading and the last driver to display on the screen is the MUP.SYS file, then the system hangs. Can anyone help me get around this problem?
Guest Ken Blake Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: Moving hard drive to another motherboard "jpwindows" <jpwindows@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0BF8C77D-E66A-4EB9-8538-4696961DBA51@microsoft.com... > My motherboard died and I am trying to move my hard drive to another > computer. When I boot the system, it comes up in safe mode. The drivers > start loading and the last driver to display on the screen is the MUP.SYS > file, then the system hangs. Can anyone help me get around this problem? You can almost never simply move it to another system. At the very least, you need to do a repair installation. Most of the time that works, but sometimes that isn't sufficient, and you need to do a clean reinstallation. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup
Guest Malke Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: Moving hard drive to another motherboard jpwindows wrote: > My motherboard died and I am trying to move my hard drive to another > computer. When I boot the system, it comes up in safe mode. The drivers > start loading and the last driver to display on the screen is the MUP.SYS > file, then the system hangs. Can anyone help me get around this problem? You need to do a Repair Install. http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install How-To Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest jpwindows Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: Moving hard drive to another motherboard All I have is the original restore CD from E-machines. "Malke" wrote: > jpwindows wrote: > > My motherboard died and I am trying to move my hard drive to another > > computer. When I boot the system, it comes up in safe mode. The drivers > > start loading and the last driver to display on the screen is the MUP.SYS > > file, then the system hangs. Can anyone help me get around this problem? > > You need to do a Repair Install. > > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install > How-To > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: Moving hard drive to another motherboard That restore disk will only work on the eMachine. You can't use it to do a Repair Install. In fact, I'm not sure you can use a normal XP CD to do a Repair of that system. You need to get a retail copy of Windows XP and do a clean install, preferably onto a new HD and saving the one you have for storage and to prevent the loss of your personal files. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "jpwindows" <jpwindows@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:42EAB918-7C3A-4727-B913-57CA2EFE7D9E@microsoft.com... > All I have is the original restore CD from E-machines. > > "Malke" wrote: > >> jpwindows wrote: >> > My motherboard died and I am trying to move my hard drive to another >> > computer. When I boot the system, it comes up in safe mode. The >> > drivers >> > start loading and the last driver to display on the screen is the >> > MUP.SYS >> > file, then the system hangs. Can anyone help me get around this >> > problem? >> >> You need to do a Repair Install. >> >> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install >> How-To >> >> >> Malke >> -- >> Elephant Boy Computers >> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com >> "Don't Panic!" >> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User >>
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Moving hard drive to another motherboard jpwindows wrote: > My motherboard died and I am trying to move my hard drive to another > computer. When I boot the system, it comes up in safe mode. The drivers > start loading and the last driver to display on the screen is the MUP.SYS > file, then the system hangs. Can anyone help me get around this problem? Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are *not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least: How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341 Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group. As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any important data before starting. This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
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