installed new motherboard and old windos on hard drive will not boot

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can any one tell me why, after installing a new ASUS motherboard (the old one was a SOYO) windows XP would not boot , Every other time I have installed a new motherboard using windows 98, the system booted although i had to install new drives for the motherboard. This time windows locked up and I was froced to wipe the drive and go with a new installation I ( a pain since I had to call microsoft for a new activation even though I was the originL OWNER OF THE WINDOWS XP DISC)/WarreG
 
Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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| can any one tell me why, after installing a new ASUS motherboard (the old one was a SOYO) windows XP would
not boot , Every other time I have installed a new motherboard using windows 98, the system booted although i
had to install new drives for the motherboard. This time windows locked up and I was froced to wipe the
drive and go with a new installation I ( a pain since I had to call microsoft for a new activation even though
I was the originL OWNER OF THE WINDOWS XP DISC)/WarreG
 
It would not boot because XP saw the computer as a different one, since you
changed the motherboard. You should have done a repair install, the process
for that has been posted here many times.

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WarrenG said:
can any one tell me why, after installing a new ASUS motherboard (the old
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one was a SOYO) windows XP would not boot , Every other time I have
installed a new motherboard using windows 98, the system booted although i
had to install new drives for the motherboard. This time windows locked up
and I was froced to wipe the drive and go with a new installation I ( a pain
since I had to call microsoft for a new activation even though I was the
originL OWNER OF THE WINDOWS XP DISC)/WarreG
 
Greetings --

This happened because 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 primary reasons WinXP, again like
Win2K before it, is so much more stable than is Win9x. FYI, for
future reference, comparing WinXP to Win98 is a lot like comparing a
Lexus to a Yugo -- the only similarities are entirely superficial.

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 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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