I replaced my motherboard and processor and ram and video
card. windows xp will not boot. tried the R command and
it did not work. HElp I do not want to loose data on the
hard drive.

Bob

There's been many posts about this.

You appear to be confusing the recovery console with the Repair or In-place
upgrade procedure. Please review the info in the link below.

**** If you have a XP install CD - ****

Many users, myself included, prefer to do a full clean install after major
hardware changes as you describe.

The alternative, and equally valid option, is the repair install (also known
as an In-Place Upgrade)

See following Knowledge Base article for details. Pay careful attention to
the possible loss of data links in the MS article.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q315341

After doing this you may need to re-activate your installation of XP. If it
has been more than 120 days since you last re-activated you should be able
to activate over the internet, otherwise it will require a short phonecall.

After the repair install you will need to re-install any XP service packs
and updates, but you will not need to re-install any applications.

Hope that helps
Pete
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"bob lantrip" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I replaced my motherboard and processor and ram and video
> card. windows xp will not boot. tried the R command and
> it did not work. HElp I do not want to loose data on the
> hard drive.

Hello

Did you do the following first, because you have to
do this process.

Do a repair install
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q315341




Alvin


bob lantrip wrote:

> I replaced my motherboard and processor and ram and video
> card. windows xp will not boot. tried the R command and
> it did not work. HElp I do not want to loose data on the
> hard drive.