New HDD windows not start

[S-Nake]

Hi I make a clone of my first HDD and I take the clone HDD #2 to put this HDD on another cumputer but windows don't start why ?

Need to repair ? windows boot ?

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Hi I make a clone of my first HDD and I take the clone HDD #2 to put this HDD on another cumputer but windows don't start why ?

So you cloned the hdd of one computer (with windows and all), then put the cloned copy into a different computer? If you did, thats your problem, windows configures itself specifically for the hardware of whatever computer it is running on, copying and pasting windows usually results in failure.

 

[captaincranky]

Not to mention the need for activating one copy of Windows in two machines. Problematic to say the least.

 

[SNGX1275]

Windows is not a txt file. Amazing how many people treat an install like one.

I know that sounds like a **** thing to say, and I don't want to be one here, but you simply can't do that with an install of Windows. You haven't really ever been able to do it, it has always been a mess, but it somewhat worked back in the 9x days. Now yes, you can kind of get it to work now with XP with a repair and some luck, but it is never a good solution.

And a 100% clone to different hardware SHOULD have sent up red flags on the feasibility of it working...

 

[captaincranky]

Hey, ya gotta admit though SNGX, the price is right.......