Windows XP Hard drive question. when changing computers

[Kraeji]

Hey i have windows xp installed in a computer, but I took the hard drive out and put it in a different computer. Now it says something about hard drive corrupt and possible viruses.. can i not move a xp hard drive into a different computer?

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Nope.

 

[Kraeji]

how come? why doesnt it just ask me to reactivate?

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

It may somehow be possible to do it, but I personally haven't been able to do so myself either. And from reading other threads, others haven't either.

 

[corkyg]

It simply overwhelms XP's hash count. It can be possible if the computers are identical, but even so, every piece of hardware is "new" and has to be reinstalled. I use a backup HDD in the same computer, and even after a direct clone, it always has to find and reinstall the drive itself . . . XP is sensitive even to the drive's ID number.