Booting Vista on Different PC Computers

[cccharlee@inbox.com]

I install Vista Ultimate on one PC. It is an HP Pavilion a1700n.

I remove the 40 GB IDE HD from the HP PC and put it into a Compaq EVO
510 PC.

Result: Vista does not boot.

I have researched the subject but still have not found a solution.

The microsoft vista deployment step by step seems awfully complex.

Has anyone found a simple way to solve this problem?

I have also tried the reverse (from compaq to HP PC): Same result!

With XP I could boot into safe mode or just boot normally and XP would
detect and install the new hardware it finds.

Somtimes I would need to install XP from CD on the target PC to copy
the boot.ini and hall.dll files to a usb flash drive. Then I would
restore the image of XP on the target PC. I would boot into recovery
console and copy the files form the flash drive to the target PC
(boot.ini to C:\ and hal.dll to C:\windows\system32). Most times I
could then boot the target PC normally or in safe mode.

However, with Vista I am stymied!

Any practical solution?

Chris

http://drpcdr.ca

 

[Tim Slattery]

Re: Booting Vista on Different PC Computers

cccharlee@inbox.com wrote:

>I install Vista Ultimate on one PC. It is an HP Pavilion a1700n.
>
>I remove the 40 GB IDE HD from the HP PC and put it into a Compaq EVO
>510 PC.
>
>Result: Vista does not boot.

First: you should be posting in microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

Second: it sounds like this is an OEM version of Vista that came
preinstalled on your HP computer. An OEM system cannot be transferred
to a different computer, even if the original machine no longer
exists. The HP OS is probably BIOS-locked to the HP motherboard it was
originally running on. There's no way to get it to run anyplace else.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

 

[antioch]

Re: Booting Vista on Different PC Computers


<cccharlee@inbox.com> wrote in message
news:b35be26a-a6cc-4db9-93e8-87709623d18d@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com...


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> However, with Vista I am stymied!
>
> Any practical solution?
>
> Chris
>
> http://drpcdr.ca

Take your pick from the below list abd subscribe.

microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_password
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

Antioch

 

[NoConsequence]

Re: Booting Vista on Different PC Computers

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:15:25 -0800 (PST), cccharlee@inbox.com wrote:

>I install Vista Ultimate on one PC. It is an HP Pavilion a1700n.
>
>I remove the 40 GB IDE HD from the HP PC and put it into a Compaq EVO
>510 PC.
>
>Result: Vista does not boot.
>
>I have researched the subject but still have not found a solution.
>
>The microsoft vista deployment step by step seems awfully complex.
>
>Has anyone found a simple way to solve this problem?
>
>I have also tried the reverse (from compaq to HP PC): Same result!
>
>With XP I could boot into safe mode or just boot normally and XP would
>detect and install the new hardware it finds.
>
>Somtimes I would need to install XP from CD on the target PC to copy
>the boot.ini and hall.dll files to a usb flash drive. Then I would
>restore the image of XP on the target PC. I would boot into recovery
>console and copy the files form the flash drive to the target PC
>(boot.ini to C:\ and hal.dll to C:\windows\system32). Most times I
>could then boot the target PC normally or in safe mode.
>
>However, with Vista I am stymied!
>
>Any practical solution?
>
>Chris
>
>http://drpcdr.ca

Sure. The most practical solution would be to ask in a group with
VISTA in it's title. Notice this group lacks that.

Ask elsewhere.

 

[Plato]

Re: Booting Vista on Different PC Computers

cccharlee@inbox.com wrote:
>
> I install Vista Ultimate on one PC. It is an HP Pavilion a1700n.
>
> I remove the 40 GB IDE HD from the HP PC and put it into a Compaq EVO
> 510 PC.
>
> Result: Vista does not boot.

That's a feature of both XP and Vista. If you want Vista on your HP then
install it fresh, assuming you dont have a proprietary version of Vista.







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