MOTHERBOARD CHANGE

[rOD]

i AM REBUIIDING MY COMPUTER TO A 2500 ATHLON PROCESSOR W/
256 DDR 2100 MEM WITH A SHUTTLE BOARD. i WANT TO USE ME
EXSISTING HARD DRIVE WITH WIN XP PRO. wHEN I START THE
COMPUTER IT ASKS IF THERE WAS A HARDWARE CHANGE OR NOT, I
SAY YES AND TRY TO BOOT TO SAFE MODE. IT ACTS LIKE ITS
GOING TO BOOT THEN SHUTS DOWN AND BEGINS THE SAME PROCESS.
I HAVE TRIED TO BOOT IT NORMALLY, AND ACTS LIKE IT WILL, I
SEE WINDOWS LOGO FOR A SPLIT SECOND THEN GOES BACK TO A
RESTART OVER AND OVER. CAN ANYONE HELP. I AM FRUSTRATED.
THE OLD COMPUTER WAS A COMPAQ PRSARIO AND IT BOOT FINE
WITH IT. PLEASE HELP. THANKS ROD FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.

 

[Guest]

Lot's of good info here.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

First of all, please unstick your CapsLock key. Posting in all
caps, as you have done, is the Usenet equivalent of shouting, and is
considered very rude. More importantly, posting in all caps makes the
post very hard to read, further reducing your chances of getting help.

Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the
old one (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.),
you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade)
installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will probably also require re-activation. If it's been more
than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key,
you'll most likely be able to activate via the internet without
problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone
call.


Bruce Chambers

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having both at once. -- RAH

 

[NobodyMan]

i AM REBUIIDING MY COMPUTER TO A 2500 ATHLON PROCESSOR W/
256 DDR 2100 MEM WITH A SHUTTLE BOARD. i WANT TO USE ME
EXSISTING HARD DRIVE WITH WIN XP PRO. wHEN I START THE
COMPUTER IT ASKS IF THERE WAS A HARDWARE CHANGE OR NOT, I
SAY YES AND TRY TO BOOT TO SAFE MODE. IT ACTS LIKE ITS
GOING TO BOOT THEN SHUTS DOWN AND BEGINS THE SAME PROCESS.
I HAVE TRIED TO BOOT IT NORMALLY, AND ACTS LIKE IT WILL, I
SEE WINDOWS LOGO FOR A SPLIT SECOND THEN GOES BACK TO A
RESTART OVER AND OVER. CAN ANYONE HELP. I AM FRUSTRATED.
THE OLD COMPUTER WAS A COMPAQ PRSARIO AND IT BOOT FINE
WITH IT. PLEASE HELP. THANKS ROD FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.

heyidiotturnoffyoucapslockkeydumbass

Rodrob2000,

Did you have trouble reading the first line of my post? Well, your
post gave me trouble. In fact, it was so LOUD that I quit reading it
before the third word.

Do us a favor - pry off your Caps Lock key, bust it into many pieces
with a hammer, put those pieces into a trash can, then repost your
message using normal characters (I mean, not all caps). All caps is
considered shouting, rude, and hard to read.

Learn how to post correctly and you'll notice you get a lot more help.

 

[Steve C. Ray]

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html