Want to change hard drives for operating system change?

I have windows vista and hate it and want to change. i found my old hard drive that had xp on it before my other computer wouldn't turn on. put that in there and it will not run the system I can get it up to format the hard drive but it will not run it will restart after installed the flash a blue screen for a second and then restart. Put in other hard drive and it boots fine. I know that this is possible but how can i tell it to boot off of that hard drive other hard drive is not hooked up at all.



Ive been playing with the settings trying to get it to run and can't. someone know more then i do?Want to change hard drives for operating system change?
You're blue screening because your windows xp hard drive is loading drivers for the xp machine. It thinks it's in the old computer and can't find the components you had installed.



You have to reformat and install windows and it should work. Keep in mind that the hardware inside Vista computers might not have XP drivers available so you may lose some functionality (i've had it before where I've done this and the wireless card doesn't work because the drivers are made for vista not xp).

Want to change hard drives for operating system change?
Could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software. This problem can be solved by uninstalling new software, updating device drivers and making minor configuration changes . From http://fixit.in/bluescreenofdeath.html . You can also run a free registry scan using utilities from http://re7.info