I've recently upgraded all hardware (except the old hard drive which is a master to the new hard drive which is an unformatted slave) on my PC. When I tried to run Windows XP from the old hard drive and I received the following message:
We apologize but windows did not start sucessfully.
A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with command prompt
Last known configuration
Start windows normally
I've tried all of the options and still get the same error message. I'm assuming that I should reinstall windows?
I have a Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 ~160GB. My motherboard (Albatron PX865PE Pro) has the following IDE connector specs: 2 ATA100/66 Channels, up to 4 ATA 100 IDE devices.
Should I be able make 1 partition which is 160GB or do I have to make 1 that is 137GB and another which is 23GB?
XP limits how much hardware can be replaced in a time period. When you reach a certain "score" XP will not let the OS load. A clean reinstall or contacting MS and reactivating (providing you have a legit copy of XP) will resolve.
Just do a clean install on the new drive. 
Linear Mode
