ASROCK ALIVE NF6G-DVI not booting old HDD, help...

[ashman]

system:-
ASROCK ALIVE NF6G-DVI motherboard socket AM2
2GB DDR2 ELEXIR value ram
Nvidia 8600GT 256mb GPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, socket AM2 CPU
Linksys 108mbps wireless network card
XCILENCE Gaming 480w PSU
ASUS DVD/RW drive (IDE)
an old 80GB WDD 2mb IDE HDD (think this may be the problem, from an old machine)


Well basically i have just updated my system so i can start playing the new games that look awesome, but i was running a 6yr old HP system with Radeon 9000 GPU (cack system). decided enough is enough.

ordered the new bits, put it all together, realised the mobo only has 1 IDE slot (i have 2 IDE bits of hardware), started to worry about the reliability issue.

Well, started it up, it says do you want to start windows normally, hit yes, windows loading logo appears in a flash followed by THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH for a flash also, then it goes back to the beginning again.

tried making sure the bios is loading the correct devices in the correct order, flashed the mobo bios, swapped IDE master around.

I'm getting nothing, even taken the GPU out and told it to use onboard graphics.

Any ideas would be much appreciated, this must have happened to loads of people. Could certainly do with a hand guys.

Thanx...

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Did you reinstall the OS after putting the hard drive in your new computer?
This is usually a requirement in most cases, and in this one, it is.

That is your problem. Good luck.

 

[ashman]

really didnt want to format the drive, but if i have to. in order to back up the few bits i hadnt done i think i might hav to build my old setup again to transfer the rest of the files.

is there any other way?

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

You can put in your XP disk and do a repair install of XP. Your programs wont always work afterwards, but the data will be there and you can boot up.

I would recommend reformatting and reinstalling again afterwards for a clean XP install.

 

[ashman]

any chance anyone knows of a kill disk as such? to format any hard drive even if its the only one in a pc at the time.

just wanna wipe it clean so a bootable hard drive formatter might be the option, oh and a free one.

then i can put the empty HDD in new pc and reinstall xp