MOBO Died - Now XP won't boot

[CL]

Motherboard died on system - replaced - now getting 'blue screen of death'
when trying to reboot hard drive on new MOBO -

New to XP - long time 98 user

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[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Motherboard died on system - replaced - now getting 'blue screen of death'
when trying to reboot hard drive on new MOBO -

You need to do a repair install of Windows XP
Just boot from the Windows XP CD ROM and perform a Repair Install

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[Steve C. Ray]

Read this all the way thru before starting.

You will need to do a repair install. Follow these steps:

Set your BIOS to have the CD drive as the first boot device.

Start the operating system from the CD-ROM,

When the computer starts from the CD, the system checks your hardware

and then prompts you to select one of the following options:

To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.


Press ENTER.


Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.

A box lists your current Windows XP installation, and then the system

prompts you to select one of the following options:

To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.

To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing, press
ESC.

Press R to start the automatic repair process. After repairing Windows XP,
set your BIOS back to have the hard drive as the first boot device.

Have your Product Key at hand as you will probably have to re-activate.

You will probably need re-download all updates, starting with SP1. You can
go to the Windows site and download the XP Rollup 1 package, which will make
the reinstalling of the updates
much easier and quicker.

The repair installation should leave all your data and settings intact, but
you may want to backup critical data.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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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[Michael Stevens]

Motherboard died on system - replaced - now getting 'blue screen of
death' when trying to reboot hard drive on new MOBO -

New to XP - long time 98 user

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Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
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[Lil' Dave]

If XP is using the bios translation for the HD, and is radically different;
a repair won't work. In that case, a new install including new partition(s)
are required.
Dave