Guesss what guys? I have proved you all wrong in the past, now the present and soon the future as well!
I have had some preliminary success in my experiments.
Further experimentation is necessary!
Purpose: to boot vista (installed on an HP a1700n) on a Compaq Evo 510.
Apparatus: 1 Compaq Evo PC, 1 HP a1700n PC, 1 40 GB HD, 1 20GB HD, a 3rd HD drive with a functioning Windows XP installed, 1 Vista Ultimate CD, one 2 GB flash drive (a 500 MB flash drive will do), Freediff software from http://saltybrine.com
Method: Iinstalled Vista Ultimate on HP Pavilion a1700n using 40 GB HD
Also installed Vista on Compaq Evo 510 PC on 20 GB HD
On HP PC:
Installed Vista from Vista CD onto 40 GB HD
1. Set folder options to see all protected system files and folders
2. In command prompt piped the output of the dir command to a text file on my flsah drive as follows:
c:\windows>dir *.* >e:\win1.txt
c:\windows>cd system32
c:\windows\system32>dir *.* >e:\sys1.txt
3. disabled hiberfil.sys in command prompt: as follows:
c:\windows\system32>powercfg /h off
Restarted the PC and observed that hiberfil.sys had disappeared from root directory, C:\
4. Told windows to not use paging file and deleted pagefile.sys from root directory, c:
On Compaq Evo 510 PC:
Installed Vista from Vista CD onto 20 GB HD
1. Set folder options to see all protected system files and folders
2. In command prompt piped the output of the dir command to a text file on my flsah drive as follows:
c:\windows>dir *.* >e:\win2.txt
c:\windows>cd system32
c:\windows\system32>dir *.* >e:\sys2.txt
3. Disconnected 20 GB HD and reattached my 250 GB HD setup with XP pro SP2.
4. Downloaded and installed freediff.
5 Ran freediff comparing win1.txt with win2.txt and sys1.txt with sys2.txt.
6. Noted the differences highligted by freediff.
7. Attached the 20 GB HD as slave to compaq Evo 510 and booted into XP
8. Took full possession of the permissions on the windows folder (Vista) on the 20 GB HD
9. copied all the files and folders reported to be different by freediff from windows to my flashdrive folder, win
10. copied all the files and folders reported to be different by freediff from windows\system32 to my flashdrive folder, sys.
11. Disconnected 20 GB HD and connected 40 GB HD as slave and booted into XP.
12. Deleted files and folders reported to be different by freediff and replaced them with the files and folders on my flash drive. All files and folders in the win directory on my flash drive were copied to the windows directory on the 40 GB HD and all files and folders in the sys directory on my flash drive were copied to the windows\system32 directory on the 40 GB HD.
13. Connected 40 GB HD as master on IDE 1 and booted normally. I received the following error:
windows\system32\config\system
status 0xc000000f
info: windowas failed to load because the system registry file is missing or corrupt
14. I put the Vista CD in the cd drive and booted into vista repair. Vista repair recovered the regiistry from a backup.
15. I booted into safe mode successfully
16. I rebooted normally successfully.
Now the question is: can I get an image of Vista created on the HP a1700n (and loaded with programs and tweaks) to function on the Compaq Evo?
That will be my next experiment!
Christopher C. Charles
http://drpcdr.ca
416 398 3772
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:30:02 +1000
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Booting Vista on Different PC Computers
>
> Christopher wrote:
> >I install Vista Ultimate on one PC. It is an HP Pavilion a1700n
>>
> >I remove the 40 GB IDE HD from the HP PC and put it into a Compaq EVO
> >510 PC.
>>
> >Result: Vista does not boot.>>
>
>
> You would expect this. When activated, Vista is licensed to run only on
> one
> computer. If you install it to another computer (or the same computer
> with
> different hardware) you would have to reactivate it with Microsoft, as it
> is not now recognising the same hardware.
>
> In this case, I imagine Microsoft would regard it as a second use, for
> which you would have to purchase an additional licence.
>
> But I have no experience with activation---so I guess you should try them
> and see if you can persuade them that it is the same computer. I believe
> they are reasonably lenient about allowing hardware upgrades. I doubt
> this
> situation would qualify, unless perhaps you can persuade them that your
> original computer is no longer alive.
>
> Don Penlington
>
> From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny Queensland.
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