Hard drive doesn't work in one computer but does in another.

[David_132]

I had a problem this Sunday where my PC needed to update then crashed mid install and corrupted W10 and wouldn't start again, at first I put it down to hard drive failure, but further testing proved that the problem was not hardware related, so I tried an old computers drive with vista installed, to try and check, however whenever I try to load from that disk it 'throws an error up that is too fast to read and restarts. I remember this drive working fine so I put it into its original computer and it worked fine, the only problem is that despite being able to put both the old and newer drives in the older computer I can't get the older drive to work in the newer computer.

This wouldn't really be a problem if not for the old computer having a maximum of 1.5GB ram compared to my normal 16GB, and having no slot for a graphics card (none of the three I have checked have the right connector, and they vary in age from 7-2 years in terms of release.)

Is there anything I can do to make the vista drive work in my more powerful computer or will I have to get a new OS for the original harddrive it came with?

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Welcome to the community, David!

I'd recommend you to re-install Windows 10 on your new rig first and then troubleshoot the HDD detection issue by updating the SATA controller/chipset drivers for your new rig's motherboard from their original website or the Drivers pack. Another thing that could be causing this is the SATA cable connecting the drive, so I'd suggest to try using a different one and even try plugging it into a different SATA port on the mobo.
The Vista drive would need to be reformatted, if you plan to use it as secondary drive in your new PC. So make sure you have a backup of the data stored on it somewhere else as well.

Hope this helps you. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD

 

[Nick80835]

Ive hit the issue with regestry errors in hardware and also oem locks, perhaps there is an issue in those things

 

[hang-the-9]

You can't move the OS hard drive from system to system and have it work unless you are moving it to pretty much identical systems. If you installed Windows on a system, you can't move it to another computer afterwards.