windows wont boot, freezes on startup

[WooDChiP]

My friend's Medion laptop's cd drive died..... stuffed with virus's and such so i just wanted to reinstall his windows. But with out a cd drive. so i put his hard drive in my computer and installed. I put it back in and started it up, but it wont load... i try to boot in safe mode but it freezes on the file "Mup.sys"
and wont load.
any help appreciated.

 

[raybay]

Windows is specifically designed to not work, or not work properly when you move an install to another computer.
Try using a USB external CD Drive on the Medion, to reinstall once more.
You can buy CD Drives to fit the Medion online at eBay for $35. They do require some minor changes of screws, guides and connectors, but you can nearly always get what you need off the old drive.

 

[WooDChiP]

hmm. alright. here is another question...
and idea how the cd drive on that laptop would just randomly die?
actually, it isn't totally dead. it still reads only a few discs, like an encyclopedia disc... i cleaned it too.

 

[AlbertLionheart]

if it won't boot from a pukka windows boot CD then you are right in that it has had it. Either follow Raybay's suggestion or you could try something like Linux? There is a forum here about that in case you would like to learn more.

 

[WooDChiP]

Ok thanks. i'll try and go for the linux for now, untill i get a new drive.