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tabegoro
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_ 		21. February 2011 @ 20:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I took out the hard drive of one laptop with Windows XP, and I tried to boot it through a USB HDD case on another laptop through bios. It started out fine, but it then said, "Sorry for the inconvenience, but windows could not boot. . ." I can access the files from this hard drive through My Computer, but I can't use the Windows XP on it to boot up my computer. What am I doing wrong?

I have been searching forever.
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ddp
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_ 		21. February 2011 @ 22:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if both laptops are different then windows will not boot off external hd. same will happen if hard drive off a desktop is used to try to boot a totally different desktop pc.
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tabegoro
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_ 		22. February 2011 @ 05:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 if both laptops are different then windows will not boot off external hd. same will happen if hard drive off a desktop is used to try to boot a totally different desktop pc.
Thank you very much. I guess I can just use it to store files on and what not.
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ddp
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_ 		22. February 2011 @ 22:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes
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