moving w2k to new hardware w/o reinstalling

[rich110]

Hi,

I have window2k on this machine for years already and the hardware seems to want to retire. I buy a new motherboard but not a new hdd. Before I switch the old disk to the new MB, I dele all the drivers for the IDE controller. I reboot the old hdd on the old MB, everything seems to be OK. I move the old disk to the new MB and boot the system. I press the F8 on booting, getting to safe mode, hoping to by pass any particular vga, modem.... drivers. The disk refuse to boot, giving error like :
"unaccessable boot device"

Is there a way to migrate this old disk to new MB w/o reinstalling the OS. It will be a pain in the a to redo all the application programs, settings and printers. If I can just make it boot, I think I can install the drivers for the new MB into the OS on the old disk making in run again, right? Will making of an emergency boot disk help and how to do that (I've done that for a 98 but I don't know how to do it for the w2k, sort of crazy, right?)

Pls give me a hand. Tks for your help.

 

[wolluf]

You need to perform a repair reinstall:-

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292175&Product=win2000

(same process, and time as install, but leaves your settings, apps & data intact).

 

[rich110]

Hi wolluf,

I've tried that already and the following happens :

1. It keeps saying that they found some new stuff (it may be hard / soft ware) and tried to do a window setup but some of them does not tell what is involved and hence no way to show them where the necessary files are located.

2. I tried to install the new MB's drivers (may it be vga, ide controller, sound card, lan.....) but the installation(s) were never performed.

Any suggestion? Tks
Regards

 

[macropod]

Hi rich110,

See MSKB article 249694 for the correct procedures for moving a Windows 2000 installation to different hardware, at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;249694

Cheers

 

[tuco7]

Rich

Your chances for your OS/harddrive to make the change without major problems are not very good as your finding out.

Rule of thumb for a new motherboard, retrive your data that you want and do a clean install!!!!!!

Your new motherboard might have a SATA feature, spring for a new SATA drive and make your old drive a slave

 

[wolluf]

rich110 - your last post description doesn't tally with what I normally see with a repair reinstall (unless you're saying what happens AFTER the repair has finished, and you start windows).

If this is the case, you need to load your new motherboards install CD, and install all appropriate drivers from it (if you haven't got it, go to the mobo's site and download them.

If its not the case, did you perform the repair correctly?

Boot from 2k install CD. Choose new install (NOT repair). After F8 to accept licence, the process looks for existing installations - should display yours with option to type R to repair. do this. Now follows very similar path to new install. Best done with install disk at least same service pack level as installation (SP4?). You can create a SP4 install disk by slipstreaming if you haven't one - eg:-

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&id=37

PS. I am aware of that link macropod posted - have never used that method as repair has worked on all but one occasion (which had complications I wasn't made aware of till later) for me. It may be a better method - I'm just giving you my experience.