Changing motherboard

[Guest]

I have a working PC with Gigabyte MB/AMD CPU built from scratch. I swap with
a new Intel chipset ASUS MB/Intel CPU. There are also a new Video card. The
rest are old. When I switch ON. It boot to a screen with "Safe mode", "Safe
mode with networking", "safe mode with command prompt" and "start windows
normally". If I select either one it will just reboot. The message also says
it might caused by hardware change. How do I boot without a reinstall. I will
have a hard time reinstalling all programs/printer/lan setting etc.

 

[Jim Macklin]

You must do a repair install, no way around that. Your data
and programs "should be" safe but having back-ups would be a
good thing.
see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341


|I have a working PC with Gigabyte MB/AMD CPU built from
scratch. I swap with
| a new Intel chipset ASUS MB/Intel CPU. There are also a
new Video card. The
| rest are old. When I switch ON. It boot to a screen with
"Safe mode", "Safe
| mode with networking", "safe mode with command prompt" and
"start windows
| normally". If I select either one it will just reboot. The
message also says
| it might caused by hardware change. How do I boot without
a reinstall. I will
| have a hard time reinstalling all programs/printer/lan
setting etc.

 

[Noncompliant]

If you change your mind on a clean install. This is what I do when moving
to a new motherboard:
1. Save all personal data, even if its on a different partition to
removable media.
2. Save my IE favorites as bookmark.htm to same media.
3. Save all email settings, and news settings as an export to same media
using the export function in OE for each.
4. Save an image of the hard drive to removable media in case I forgot
anything. Restoring files (not the entire image) if needed later.
5. Install the new motherboard and video card. Leave peripherals unattached
at this time. Disable onboard video if part of motherboard in bios
settings.
6. Change out the ide ribbon cable with a new 80 wire version. Zero write
the hard drive with bootable media with software from the hard drive maker.
Make one partition for XP installation with the XP install CD.
7. Install XP, preferrably, with SP2 incorporated. Create any additional
partitions if needed with XP disk management after the installation.
Reboot. Change the CD/DVD drive letter as needed to make allowances for any
additional hard drives including removable variety. And making allowances
on the other end of the drive letters for those that take end of alphabet
letters, like some thumb drives. Reboot.
8. Install the motherboard drivers, including USB or sound or LAN if in a
separate folder on the mobo driver CD. Reboot as many times as needed to
incorporate all.
9. Install the video card driver software. Reboot.
10. Attach and energize one peripheral, and install its software if needed.
Reboot. Do it again for as many peripherals you require.
11. Install 3rd party software, exceptions below.
12. Restore all previous data from removable media.
13. Setup LAN if needed.
14. Verify operation of Windows firewall. Activate XP, download any XP
security updates needed. Do not go to any other websites. Reboot as
needed to incorporate the updates.
15. Install AV software. Install 3rd party firewall if desired. Get any
updates, reboot as needed to incorporate.

 

[Guest]

It works. I just repair Win XP with WinXP CD.
Thanks.

 

[Jim Macklin]

You're welcome.



| It works. I just repair Win XP with WinXP CD.
| Thanks.
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > You must do a repair install, no way around that. Your
data
| > and programs "should be" safe but having back-ups would
be a
| > good thing.
| > see
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
| >
| >
message
| >
| > |I have a working PC with Gigabyte MB/AMD CPU built from
| > scratch. I swap with
| > | a new Intel chipset ASUS MB/Intel CPU. There are also
a
| > new Video card. The
| > | rest are old. When I switch ON. It boot to a screen
with
| > "Safe mode", "Safe
| > | mode with networking", "safe mode with command prompt"
and
| > "start windows
| > | normally". If I select either one it will just reboot.
The
| > message also says
| > | it might caused by hardware change. How do I boot
without
| > a reinstall. I will
| > | have a hard time reinstalling all programs/printer/lan
| > setting etc.
| >
| >
| >

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a working PC with Gigabyte MB/AMD CPU built from scratch. I swap with
a new Intel chipset ASUS MB/Intel CPU. There are also a new Video card. The
rest are old. When I switch ON. It boot to a screen with "Safe mode", "Safe
mode with networking", "safe mode with command prompt" and "start windows
normally". If I select either one it will just reboot. The message also says
it might caused by hardware change. How do I boot without a reinstall. I will
have a hard time reinstalling all programs/printer/lan setting etc.

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are
*not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting),
unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same
IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the 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

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

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.

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

This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. 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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