Windows XP detects changes in any aspect of an install of an OEM version, and stops the Windows install. You can use a full version of Windows to get it going, along with a phone call to Microsoft in Canada. -----
Wallowing deep in the Age of Lowered Expectations... On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Group, > > I posted here about a month ago asking if I could physically swap the hard > drive from a T30 into a T40 without other modifications (BIOS, etc). I > finally got back around to that project and discovered the answer is "No". > Both > machines are running XPP. The T30 drive is a 160gb Western Digital Scorpio. > The T40 drive is a Seagate Momentus 80gb. > > After swapping the drives I turn on the T40 and get a blue screen that > informs me there was a hardware or software change. Next a screen appears > that > gives me options to boot into safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe > mode > with command prompt, boot with last know good configuration, or start > windows normally. No matter what option I select (and I tried them all) the > blue > screen pops back up then the boot options screen. > > Can anyone offer advice as to how to get around this. I need to get the > data and programs from the 160gb T30 drive (which is only 40% full) so it > can > be used in the T40, with everything intact. I don't have the original XP > CD's > as both machines were bought second-hand, but I do have recovery disks for > the T30 if that helps. As always your assistance is greatly appreciated! > > Mike Williams > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
