Neat trick to use when moving old hard drive to new system

[XMEN Iceman]

One of the major issues when keeping your existing hard drive with your current Windows load and then moving/upgrading to a new system is that the Windows configuration files are set to your old hardware. This often causes major headaches and system instability after moving it to the new system.<br><br>I found a very simple fix browsing through my computer magazines. <br><br>The configuration data lies in a Windows registry folder called "ENUM". You have to delete it in order to force Windows to redetect all your hardware, thus avoiding configuration conflicts.<br><br>To do this:<br><br>First backup your registry. Click on Start, Run, type in "regedit". Then click on File, Export. Save the file someplace else on your drive where you can remember it.<br><br>Now, while in RegEdit we can find and remove the ENUM folder.<br><br>In the Registry Editor (Regedit), open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder. Inside it you will find a folder named ENUM. Delete it by right clicking on the folder and selecting Delete.<br><br>If you are running Windows 2000 or NT then the ENUM folder may be under the SYSTEM folder under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. <br><br>Do this BEFORE you shut down the OLD COMPUTER and moving the drive over to the new computer.<br><br>Install in the new computer, fire it up. Watch it detect all the new devices. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>Hope this helps you.<br><br><br> <p><table border="0"><tr><td><embed align="left" src="http://www.thzclan.com/avatars/ezice.swf" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="217" height="166" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/dow ... <td><table border="0" style='Filter: Shadow(Color=#BB1403,Direction=255)'><tr><td><span class='usertitle'>XMEN Iceman [DTM]<br>Founder and Leader of the Base Tribes XMEN Clan<br>Proud member of the Dragon Talon Mercenaries teamplayers Guild<br>Citizen of New Fenecia<br><br>"You weren't much of a challenge" - T2 bot after killing Iceman<br><br>- click on avatar for links - no, not sausage links!</span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub3.ezboard.com/uxmeniceman.sho ... ge=EN>XMEN Iceman </A>&nbsp; <IMG SRC="http://www.nickandsarah.com/xmen.gif" BORDER=0> at: 7/26/02 10:58:53 pm<br></i>