Installing XP / hardware change

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

I I buy a new mainboard for my system, and have to reinstall XP, how
do I do this when I have one original XP and SP2 on separate CD. The
old version doesn't support S-ATA and huge HDDs or partitions :-/

Or is it possible to upgrade. Change the mainboard and reboot and hpoe
that XP will find the new hardware (this was SO easy in Win98, why
havn't Microsoft made it easier to upgrade hardware in XP)?

It's so frustrating having to install ALL software from scatch (with
all patches, drivers and settings), and even if I have the original
software somewhere I surly don't have all updates for all of them.

This is not very user friendly of Microsoft....

 

[DL]

create a slipstream winxp cd containing latest sp, to use in the repair
installation
( a repair installation is required when changing a mobo)

However there maybe specific requirements of your mobo when installing a
sata drive.

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

create a slipstream winxp cd containing latest sp, to use in the repair
installation

Have tried, but the XP CD I have won't do that :-(

The new slipstreamed CD chrashes during install :-(
(that a scratch install, maybe a repair would work?)

( a repair installation is required when changing a mobo)

Is there a way to do this without a slipstreamed CD?

The S-ATA controllers do have BIOS support so it will be able to
access them. It's the drive/partition size limits of the original XP
I'm afraid of. Anyone know what limits exist?

Could I when I install my new HD (on my old mb) make the XP boot
partition so small that it would boot with the original XP (and then
install the SP2 afterward to gain access to the rest of the HDD)?

Someone (in a norwegian forum) said he had sucsessfully done this
without a repair install by uninstalling most drivers/hw before
changing the mb. If I upgrade I will not change platform (it will
still be Intel) so I can update the Intel INF thingy first.

 

[Jerry]

The problem is you can't do a repair install using a pre-sp2 cd on a system
that has sp2 installed. The repair must be done using an sp2 cd - period.

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

The problem is you can't do a repair install using a pre-sp2 cd on a system
that has sp2 installed. The repair must be done using an sp2 cd - period.

More stupid limitations. Why don't they tell you that before you
install SP2. Can it be ANY SP2 CD, or must it be the same one you
installed with (is there any serial-no check or something). Then I
might borrow someone elses SP2 CD (of anyone has got an SP2 CD).

Can I borrow an XP SP2 CD at work to run a repair install on my
system, or will that violate something (I have a legal license, just
not a SP2 CD). Or will it ask for some license info when repairing?

 

[DL]

I assume its a recovery cd then, not an MS retail cd
If it was a retail cd, then your slipstreaming went wrong.

The sata controllers may have bios support, but may not be supported
directly from winxp.

The limit is 137gb. A pre sp1 winxp will only initially partition/format up
to that size.
Once win installed/updated you can partition the free space

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

I assume its a recovery cd then, not an MS retail cd
If it was a retail cd, then your slipstreaming went wrong.

Not sure. It's so long since I got it now (it the first edition).
The slipstreaming seems to work OK and the CD looks right, and I can
use it when XP asks for a CD. But when I tried using it for a new
install (on a new HD just to check) in BSD'ed a while into setup.

The sata controllers may have bios support, but may not be supported
directly from winxp.

I think they do as I added the drivers for inside XP, well, anyway, on
a new MB with a new chipset the S-ATA will be more integrated in BIOS

The limit is 137gb. A pre sp1 winxp will only initially partition/format up
to that size.

OK, so if the XP boot partition is within the first 137GB of the disk
(from start to end) then XP (first edition) will see that (or will it
not if the WHOLE disk is larger than 137, it's full size is 250GB)?

Once win installed/updated you can partition the free space

The disk has several partitions and data on in. So the trick is
reparing/reinstalling XP on the first partition without damaging the
rest of the data and partitions on the disk. Is that possible then?

 

[DL]

If you are using a hd that is allready partitioned and C partition is less
than 137gb you 'should' be ok

I think you missunderstood me its not so much sata support but whether there
exists the raid drivers support.
Some mobo's/sata controlers require you to configure raid as JBOD when used
with a single hd

 

[Jerry]

Must be a CD that was slipstreamed using the original XP CD and the SP2
download. This method results in the 'slipstreamed' CD having the same
serial number as the original - and the repair install will then proceed as
advertised.

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

Must be a CD that was slipstreamed using the original XP CD and the SP2
download. This method results in the 'slipstreamed' CD having the same
serial number as the original - and the repair install will then proceed as

So because my CD won't work after slipstream I am then f***ed.
Thanks a lot MS. Why do they have to mess up my day always :-(

Can't I even do a repair install of my existing installation if I buy
a new WinXP CD with SP2 included because the serial won't match then?

What is the logic in that? If I own a new XP SP2 license, why can't
I use that to repair my old XP install. I'm getting real p*****d :-(

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

Some mobo's/sata controlers require you to configure raid as JBOD when used
with a single hd

Don't actually know what JBOD is short for, but....

OK, but that is usually in the BIOS, at least it is on my current MB
(that has a 3rd party S-ATA RAID on-board). Just have to create a new
array, then just add one disk. And then it's working.

I hope setting up this array doesn't mess up anything on the disk
(I'll test while I still have a copy of it all on my old disk