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tw · 02-03-2007, 05:46 AM

Because of cautions post by mbpark, this is why I get a new drive. I copy the old drive to a new drive, then 'repair' the new drive from the Windows CD on the new hardware. Those drivers that UT refers to is the HAL. HAL is the interface between Windows and the many unique hardware types. As mbpark notes, a new type of hardware on that new motherboard might not be known to Windows 2000. Therefore it is better to modify the HAL on a new drive (copy of the original) rather than modify the HAL on that original drive only to discover it does not work.

02-03-2007, 05:46 AM	#4
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Because of cautions post by mbpark, this is why I get a new drive. I copy the old drive to a new drive, then 'repair' the new drive from the Windows CD on the new hardware. Those drivers that UT refers to is the HAL. HAL is the interface between Windows and the many unique hardware types. As mbpark notes, a new type of hardware on that new motherboard might not be known to Windows 2000. Therefore it is better to modify the HAL on a new drive (copy of the original) rather than modify the HAL on that original drive only to discover it does not work.