Win2K: Problems after HW upgrade

[Winter09]

I just upgraded some hardware in my computer:
-New Motherboard
-New CPU
-New RAM

I kept the same harddrive I'd been using with the older hardware but when I tried to boot win2k,
it gave me a BSOD saying it couldn't find a boot device. Any ideas why it would give this? The bios is giving all the right info about the drive, and it goes to start win2k, just never finishes. Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Winter09

 

[NogginBoink]

Your new mobo uses a different hard drive controller than your old one.

This is not the way to change hardware.

Put the old hardware in, do a full backup. Put new hardware in, install W2K, restore from tape over top of itself.

 

[Sunner]

Well, I can start by saying that changing mobos in Win2K without doing a reformat can end up in all kinds of ways, one is with the problem you described.

What mobo did you change from and to?
If it was "minor", such as going from a KT266A -> KT333 mobo or something, I'd expect it to work fine, but you may not be so lucky if you make a more radical change, such as from a KT133 -> Intel i850 or something along those lines.

 

[Winter09]

Yes it was a more radical change which would explain the problems. Unfortunately I don't have anything to use to backup info to except for standard floppies =/
Thanks for the info guys.