XP Boot problem

[kaidik]

I was just given a computer which had its hard drive crashed. However, it had a different hard drive installed which came from a machine which apparently had a destroyed motherboard.

Booting off of this "new" hard drive, the computer reaches the boot option screen (safe mode, etc) but upon choosing any of the options, the computer reboots.

Is this hard drive bad too?

Booting off of the "old" hard drive resulted in a bluescreen after a nearly full boot (which is the same as it had been before)

Any input is appreciated.

 

[kimsland]

If you swap harddrives between machines you must run a repair of Windows:

Please choose one of the following:


Microsoft's Windows XP Professional Repair Install step by step
http://www.windowsxpprofessional.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdrepair/part3.htm

Microsoft's Windows XP Home Repair Install step by step
http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdrepair/part3.htm

Xp Repair Home/Pro
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/How-to-repair-Windows-XP-t138.html

Vista Repair:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/windows_vista_repair_options.htm