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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: Anonymous MG on October 08, 2002, 09:01:22 PM

Title: Bootable HD on 2 PCs
Post by: Anonymous MG on October 08, 2002, 09:01:22 PM

I have W2K server edition on my PC.
When I take my HD and put in in an other PC (as the only HD), It cannot boot anymore, and I get a blue screen half filled with hex codes.
Is that Normal ?
(I tried that with 2 different HDs and 3 PCs)

Momo

Title: Bootable HD on 2 PCs
Post by: Anonymous on October 09, 2002, 12:43:24 AM

Yes,
That is normal if the chipset changes on an NT based OS it will blue screen. NT is hardware specific. Unfortuantly, if your looking to use one ahrd drive between 2 machine i have not found a way to do this.

Title: Bootable HD on 2 PCs
Post by: Anonymous on February 11, 2003, 05:41:25 PM

Have you tried with both PCs having the same configuration. IE. same motherboard, same chipset, and peripherals in the same PCI slots?  You should be able to do  if the configuration matches......it is when the chipset and ide controllers differ that you get a hung startup.

Title: Bootable HD on 2 PCs
Post by: SpudGunMan on February 17, 2003, 01:04:49 PM

It is a feature of NT that you cant change hardware much like a SID. The fake way around this is to overload ..or install over your OS. or you can sysprep