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I think there was a way in NT (at least with NT5/2000) to replace HAL components with more 'generic' components (eg standard SATA drivers, uniprocessor kernel)

I think there was a way in NT (at least with NT5/2000) to replace HAL components with more 'generic' components (eg standard SATA drivers, uniprocessor kernel) so you could more easily move it to different hardware. I've only read about it but never tried it though, it may have been using the SYSPREP tools?

user5994461 5y ago
For Windows XP, you have to go to device manager and uninstall the CPU and/or the motherboard, that will reset them to generic ACPI something if I recall well. I've done it once, migrating a very old machine to new hardware by just moving the disk.