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Okay the idea was putting the hard drive was using into a new computer. This brought up an error that I was half expecting, with windows on the old hard drive not recognizing the new hardware. It was when I put the hard drive back into the old laptop the issues arose and the old machine refused to boot.
You can`t pull a hard drive from one machine and expect it to boot in another pc. Windows has to be installed on the hard drive while it`s installed on the new hardware. Try creating a system repair disc and run it with the old hard drive installed on the original machine, if that`s what you want to do. Or just install windows ( as stated ) on the new drive.
That'd be great but the old machine now has the no boot problem
I didn`t think I would have to say this, but, you will have to make the cd on a working windows 7 machine, or just use the windows 7 install dvd. ( my bad, it`s late )
I ask earlier if you have made Recovery Discs or do you have an installer DVD for the version that goes with the orig HD for the Compaq CQ60 HD? If so you may have to run it 3 seperate times to get the system repaired back to where it was working in the original laptop.