Re: [tlug] Windows and motherboards

[AbH Belxjander Draconis Serechai <belxjander@example.com>]

On Sun, 27 Oct 2024, 09:12 Furkan Mustafa, <furkan@example.com> wrote:

On 2024/10/27 2:39, Raymond Wan wrote:

> I took the hard drives out and plugged them

> into a computer of similar age (probably 7 years?).  I think I had to

> switch them to Legacy from UEFI in order to read the drives.

>

> Anyway, Windows started briefly and then I got a blue screen of death

> in both cases.  Very strange for hard disks that should be working.

> My only guess is that they were tied to the motherboard (something

> that started with Windows 7?).  But the BSOD didn't give me a helpful

> error message.

>

> Why I thought of this while reading Steve's message is that booting

> off a USB drive and/or swapping hard disks with another computer were

> "standard" troubleshooting steps that we would do with a broken

> [desktop] computer.  So infuriating that this no longer works.  :-(

> Thanks, Microsoft...

Windows doesn't cope well with hardware changes. (eg. suddenly

being booted on a different machine)

Sometimes booting into safe mode helps, internet people say. ymmv

Furkan Mustafa

https://rainlab.co.jp

I have *never* had Windows boot on any rebuild without the CPU+Motherboard and drives being the same combination.

If I remember correctly,  this was doxumented *published**behavior* ever since the Windows95 original release on floppies and CD.

I gor given a floppy edition from a friend because he didnt use the floppies.

When he got Win95 he wanted me to also use a PC as well...  but I already had an Amiga at that time.