Its a bit of a nightmare :) You can, use the recovery console to reinstall the base system drivers. The catch is in win2k its the second recovery option you are presented with. I cant remember the exact key presses or screens to get there but its the one you would not select first !
> From: Jeff Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 09:09:45 +1100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] off topic: transferring W2K to a new system > > On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 01:31, Voytek wrote: >> I need to transfer a W2K HD to a new PC, totally different hardware, >> >> is there a way to do it short of re-installing W2K, >> or: >> don't waste time, just reinstall afresh >> >> all user data is on a different partition, so, fresh install is not >> really an issue, apart from time it takes >> >> >> >> Voytek Eymont > > I've done it once the problem appears to be the ide drivers I think that > the fix was to remove the machine specific ones and install the w2k > generic ones from the CD. Then it will boot and carry on.. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
