i was running windows 98. i recently replaced my hard disk with a larger one, which had windows XP installed on it. when i switch on the pc, the start screen wont dissapear, and will not advance to the usual checks.
i then put in the old hard disk since the new one wasn';t working, and the same thing happened - does ANYONE have any suggestions of what i have done?Have you made sure that it is the Master, and not the Slave drive? Also, make sure that ALL wires are properly connected, and that your video card is not loose...

[glb]Flame[/glb]This happens when you connect the new hard drive as a slave - did you format the new hard first with fitting a new drive you need to format it to your computer. Sometime this will happen if the IDE cable has broken or burnt sometimes is wise to CHANGE the cable to a new one.in the bios set the hard drives on auto to let it detect the drives on its own. if you know all of the info on the drives the place the values in. (eg #of cyls, heads ect..) and another setting in bios is to make sure the IDE setting is selected.how do i know if i have connected it as a slave drive? i just disconnected the old drive, then fitted the new one. it had already been formatted and winxp installed. i used the bios settings to check automatically but it didn't work.
any suggestions?on top of the drive there should be a sticker showing you how to set the jumpers on the back of the drive. if not go to your drives manf. eb site to find out more info. or try calling them to ask how to set the jumpers.(the jumper is a black noby thingy that conects two copper pins together. Its rectangular.)Firstly,if a hard drive has xp on it from another computer,it will not work in another computer.It will bo looking for the original hardware configuration from when it was installed.Now that you installed that drive then tried your other drive and now that does not work the bios is looking for the drive with xp on it.You will need to pick one drive,install it, fdisk and format it and then install whichever windows you want