It won't work. It has been written about a million and several times in the forum that an architectural incompatibility will prevent the system from starting.
How to run such a system with little chances was also written in the forum.
Hard case. The system may not start properly, i.e. you will need drivers or the system will not start at all (Black screen and a flashing square, or even Blue Screen) Safe mode will not help, or the restoring domains, Vga etc.
If it is a different computer, you should definitely reinstall the drivers, e.g. for the graphics or sound card, because one computer may have drivers that do not match the other one. Sorry for my Polish and confused me a bit, but at least it's about drivers.
Yes you can. The disk you connect is to be set on this computer as a Slave (via jumpers or in bios), and the disk that is permanently in it to the Master (this way the system will boot from the disk that is in the computer, not the connected one) .
You can as long as the basic low-level drivers are not different. There is no guarantee that the system will be 100% stable and the same release as you would reinstall the system on the other computer.
If the computer you are moving the disk to has a very similar processor and / or chipset, it will probably work.
The problem may also be the type of disk controller (ATA / SATA / SCSI).
I did it: - a disk spacer from the computer from P4 to PIII, both had similar chipsets from the same manufacturer (from Intel ICH7 to Intel ICH5). The computer was running slower than it should have been, but the system was generally stable and usable despite flooding the system logs with some driver errors. - Celeron to P4 spacer, same chipset - no problems
It will not be possible for sure: - spacer from AMD to Intel and vice versa (it can work with old 200-400MHz processors) - spacer from a computer with NForce chipset to Intel and vice versa
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Of course, all device drivers must be reinstalled. In most cases, the matter is dealt with automatically at system startup.
Everything I wrote is about windows 2000 / XP / 2003. I haven't experimented this way with Vista, but I think it will behave similarly.
From experience I can write that for good things it is different. I have practiced this a lot of times, and I would say that 3..4 computers out of 10 will start up and work. Oddly enough, the Intel / AMD processor or even the VIA / SIS / Intel chipset is not important here, and there is no rule here that if a similar board, everything will work. However, as I said before, it usually ends with a BSOD.
keseszel - on old hardware, the safe mode and removing, from its level, all hardware components related to the changes (especially the motherboard). The ratio and if there were backup files on the disk - the i386 directories created during installation is a good example - and the hardware is not particularly new, there is a chance that the system will get up asking for drivers that are missing. Otherwise, you have to go back to the repair option through the overlay.
There is one more thing - the "place" of connecting the disk - here too, due to differences in the organization, a problem may appear, but this is a topic for a different story.
I've plugged the drive but it won't boot. That's why I ask. I put the system on a stationary one and connected it to a laptop. Install - copying files, reboot message and at this point I plug the disks and connect to my laptop. Unfortunately, zonk.
1. Is the problem with starting the operating system a white cursor blinking on a black background? If so, change the bootloader to one that is CHS-resistant.
2. Is this an attempted installation on a laptop with one hard drive (no other boot sources)? Maybe something more about the configuration of this laptop (does it have USB and what type)?
I have a similar problem because I'm going to put my friend back together with a new computer in the old one a record fell , the computer was very old with maybe 15 years or more, I do not know exactly (the keyboard is connected to the old large DIN plug, and the mouse to the COM port) and I have a problem because this computer has been standing in the barn for years (I do not know the cowshed, I live in the city) and through the appropriate software and expansion card (probably under PCI) a cable went to the dispenser from it a computer that automatically dosed the appropriate animal feed . And here is the problem, known unfavorable conditions (moisture, mice, etc.), the computer has fallen, or the dosing card has not yet been checked, because a friend can't find the software key anywhere (after so many years I am not surprised) the company that sold this computer with the software is located in Germany and it is not known if it exists and / or is able to provide the key to such old software (it is known that the desire to profit from the sale of new software would exist), it is not known whether the card that supports the dispenser works, the cheapest version costs about PLN 1,200 net (but that's another problem ), but as it turned out that it works and the disk is not damaged ...
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: Will I boot from an old drive under a new computer or even better transfer the old system to a new drive and completely new hardware?
Can it succeed? There are any chances?
I was thinking about replacing the motherboard , but both the Allegro and the various commissions fail, I will not find such an old motherboard anywhere:
Motherboard:
unknown manufacturer with eprom bone with BURN-IN 24HR sticker and the second AMIBIOS 1995 (it is known at least what bios ) motherboard instead of a socket for a socket processor has a PCI-style port (probably slot 1) in which the adapter is inserted, an expansion card on which the processor is installed), probably something like this ...
Transferring a disk with an installed operating system to another computer can be problematic due to architectural incompatibilities, which may prevent the system from booting. Users have reported that the success rate of such transfers is low, with only 3-4 out of 10 systems starting up properly. Key issues include the need for compatible drivers, particularly for graphics and sound cards, and potential conflicts arising from different disk controllers (ATA/SATA/SCSI). It is recommended to set the transferred disk as a Slave and ensure that the new computer has a similar processor and chipset to increase the chances of successful booting. In cases where the system fails to boot, users may need to reinstall drivers or use recovery options. Older operating systems like Windows 98 may have better compatibility than newer versions like Windows XP. Summary generated by the language model.
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