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xp wont start
after fitting a new asus a7v600 motherboard cpu and video card, my windows xp will not start. I swapped the original hard drive with xp installed, which was starting fine.but since swapping the new motherboard and bits it will not get past the black boot up screens. all it does is constantly restart. I have tried safe mode and it still does the same. I put the hard drive back in my old pc and it starts fine. am I missing something? |
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Yep.............
no way will it work unless you reinstall windows and everything. The HD has windows set up for the other board and things. You cannot expect and should not expect to be able to swap motherboards and have it work. I learnt that a long time ago. |
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I have switched between platforms several times without reinstalling.
MergeIDE has done the trick for me with various motherboards or systems. "Kev" wrote in message ... Yep............. no way will it work unless you reinstall windows and everything. The HD has windows set up for the other board and things. You cannot expect and should not expect to be able to swap motherboards and have it work. I learnt that a long time ago. |
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you could try a repair but i would definately do a fresh install
"Kev" wrote in message ... Yep............. no way will it work unless you reinstall windows and everything. The HD has windows set up for the other board and things. You cannot expect and should not expect to be able to swap motherboards and have it work. I learnt that a long time ago. |
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Yes! John is correct. There are many people with odd "fixes" for this - I
would rely on the documented method which is to run a repair. To do a repair: put the XP CD in, Go into the bios and check your boot order to boot off CD, make sure you F6 install any raid drivers (EG SATA etc.) you may need as per Mobo / Add in card documentation, then start an install - it will come up and say that an existing installation has been detected and asked if you want to do a repair. Then.... install the driver set for the new mobo and all other drivers in that order. *Always* re-install the most recent service pack if you do a repair and *Always* reapply any updates as they may have been turfed out. Don't try to run anything until you have done all of this. Most of this is a no-brainer - shove the CD in and watch the flashing lights. Doing a repair install re-runs the plug and play setup. You can even do a repair install from XP with no SP to XP SP1a. It should be the first thing you do when you boot up your new mobo. You can always run a memtest, but that doesn't touch the HDD. - Tim "John" wrote in message ... In article , says... Like I said, that's the only way. Messing about with this prog or that prog is not a good way as windows had all the bits that were relevant to the board at the time. Bits are left hanging about if you mess about and don't re install. Do you have any idea what you are talking about?? What "bits" are left hanging? Boot from the installation XP disc. Do a repair. It will reinstall all the necessary stuff required to run on the new board. The real issue here is that the IDE controller is different from one board to the next. I have had luck when going from one ASUS board with an Intel chipset to another ASUS board with a similar Intel chipset but more often than not I have had to do a repair and no bits were left hanging. If you don't know the answer please don't make one up just to show how smart (dumb) you are. You are not helping the guy with the problem. I have actually done what I am advocating. Have you? |
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****
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You are the dumb one
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Knowall
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