Install issue - File not found

gregrocker · 13 Dec 2009

The most frequent cause of this failure is XP not having the more modern SATA controller driver.

Needs to be slipstreamed into installer using NLite.

myzr7 · 13 Dec 2009

Cohen said:

It seems to be the computer, it wouldn't install XP either.

So what i ended up doing is setting up my spare desktop and installing in on that and the putting the hard drive into the other computer. It worked, and is working fine now.

Thanks for your help guys.

Cohen, Good job, got it going nice. Hope that your Sis enjoys it. Thanks for posting your resolution.

Cohen · 13 Dec 2009

myzr7 said:

Cohen said:

It seems to be the computer, it wouldn't install XP either.

So what i ended up doing is setting up my spare desktop and installing in on that and the putting the hard drive into the other computer. It worked, and is working fine now.

Thanks for your help guys.

Cohen, Good job, got it going nice. Hope that your Sis enjoys it. Thanks for posting your resolution.

No problems :)

Thanks for the help that you guys did provide. My sister is now very happy with it.

SIW2 · 13 Dec 2009

It booted up on entirely different hardware?

That's interesting.

Cohen · 13 Dec 2009

Yeah it did.

I don't think Windows 7 is like XP in you can't change hardware, but yeah... i just installed it plainly then set it all up on the actual computer.

gregrocker · 13 Dec 2009

Quite a show when it changes out all the drivers, huh?

So far after a dozen times doing the HD changeout install on various machines, not one turned out to be a bad install.

In XP, it requires a repair install to even start it up.

SIW2 · 13 Dec 2009

Not really Greg.

All the drivers the o/s has are in the driverstore on the HD.

For some time, Paragon has had "adjust o/s to boot on new hardware" as part of it's boot corrector module. Others (including, I believe Acronis) have since followed.

What that does is make changes in the registry to unlock the drivers so the correct ones will be installed for the new hardware - just as they are when installing the o/s.

If MS have stopped doing that, it's not a moment too soon.

What's surprising is that it hasn't been widely reported.

MacGyvr · 14 Dec 2009

gregrocker said:

Quite a show when it changes out all the drivers, huh?

So far after a dozen times doing the HD changeout install on various machines, not one turned out to be a bad install.

In XP, it requires a repair install to even start it up.

Nonsense, I've done it dozens of times and never had a problem.

gregrocker · 14 Dec 2009

MacGyvr said:

gregrocker said:

Quite a show when it changes out all the drivers, huh?

So far after a dozen times doing the HD changeout install on various machines, not one turned out to be a bad install.

In XP, it requires a repair install to even start it up.

Nonsense, I've done it dozens of times and never had a problem.

You have moved an XP HD from one computer to another and it starts up without Repair install?

How?

This is the top Google search result on the subject: Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed

This is the second top Google result: http://www.theeldergeek.com/move_harddrive.htm

If the top two sources on the internet say that it requires a repair install, and even warn not to try it without doing so, then how is it "nonsense"?