Compaq Ipaq PC WinXP STOP message

[spenser333]

ARRRGGGHHH!!!
Someone PLEASE help!
I have a compaq ipaq desktop pc, 733mhz.
Everything is in good shape, hardware wise.
But I reformatted the hard-drive.
Since that time, I could NOT boot from floppy or cd in the multibay.

So, like a doofus, I took the hdd out, put it in another Compaq machine, and installed WinXP home.

When I start the OTHER machine, all is well.
Put it back in the IPAQ, and i get a stop message.
How can this be possible.

I've recently lost my job, can't spend money on this, and I know I can fix it with some help. Never ever ever had another problem with any other machine (all compaqs) changing or upgrading.
Please save me!

 

[spenser333]

I got it done. Wow, what a pain compaq has been.
Hooked up hdd as slave in my other computer, reformatted at fat32, started by installing win98, then did a new install for xp.