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Help!!!
Trying to help someone out, an indigent family I know obtained a system
that had an Intel 200 mz cpu and 144 ram, XP installed, don't know how, but
I had a spare motherboard, AMD 400 cpu, switched out, but when booted, bios
booted , went to windows, fatal blue screen came up, stating could be a
virus, hard drive connection, controller, termination of hard drive, etc...,
is this because of switching from an Intel platform, to an AMD? and if so,
would a clean install fix?
Thanks,
Bill B.
 
nursndude wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:
Help!!!
Trying to help someone out, an indigent family I know obtained a
system
that had an Intel 200 mz cpu and 144 ram, XP installed, don't know how,
but I had a spare motherboard, AMD 400 cpu, switched out, but when
booted, bios booted , went to windows, fatal blue screen came up,
stating could be a virus, hard drive connection, controller, termination
of hard drive, etc..., is this because of switching from an Intel
platform, to an AMD? and if so, would a clean install fix?
Thanks,
Bill B.
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A clean install is ALWAYS recommended.... the MBR is looking for all of the old BIOS
settings. Try to put the HDD into another box, copy any data that needs to be saved and
then format the old drive and do the clean install with the new m/b. Not doing a clean
install is like buying a used car...sooner rather than later you're going to aquire someone
else's headaches....
 
Cunning Linguist said:
nursndude wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:


A clean install is ALWAYS recommended.... the MBR is looking for all of the old BIOS
settings. Try to put the HDD into another box, copy any data that needs to be saved and
then format the old drive and do the clean install with the new m/b. Not doing a clean
install is like buying a used car...sooner rather than later you're going to aquire someone
else's headaches....
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Yes a clean install will fix. When you boot, your Hard Drive is trying to
init the old mother board with it's chipset which don't exist. You could
also boot from the XP CD ROM and do a repair install.

This problem has nothing to do with the BIOS.
 
Greetings --

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not
transferable to a new motherboard), unless your motherboard is
virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS
version, etc.) to the one on which the other WinXP installation was
originally performed, 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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