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Boot windows xp from Hard drive case

Discussion in 'Windows - General discussion' started by tabegoro, Feb 21, 2011.

  1. tabegoro

    tabegoro Member

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    I took out the hard drive of one laptop with Windows XP, and I tried to boot it through a USB HDD case on another laptop through bios. It started out fine, but it then said, "Sorry for the inconvenience, but windows could not boot. . ." I can access the files from this hard drive through My Computer, but I can't use the Windows XP on it to boot up my computer. What am I doing wrong?

    I have been searching forever.
     
    tabegoro, Feb 21, 2011
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    if both laptops are different then windows will not boot off external hd. same will happen if hard drive off a desktop is used to try to boot a totally different desktop pc.
     
    ddp, Feb 21, 2011
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    Thank you very much. I guess I can just use it to store files on and what not.
     
    tabegoro, Feb 22, 2011
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    yes
     
    ddp, Feb 22, 2011
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