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Terry Smythe
Early on, while running Win ME, I purchased WinXP Home Upgrade SP1. I
installed it FAT32 and subsequently upgraded it on-line to SP2 [NTSF]
on my 1.2Ghz computer. I have just purchased a new ASUS P5GD1-VM
motherboard and a 3.0 Intel P4 CPU. Following install of the new
MB/CPU, WinXP slips into a reboot loop without ever showing its face.
Will not boot to Safe mode.
I've been told that I must reinstall XP. If I boot to my original
XP SP1 disk, it refuses to talk to the existing SP2 version on my hard
drive. So I did a Slipstream upgrade of my original XP SP1 disk,
now up to an SP2 disk.
This SP2 disk will now talk to my SP2 installion on my hard drive, but
no longer offers the "Upgrade" option. It wants to reformat my hard
drive and do a complete reinstall. Not an acceptable option, as I
have 30 gigs of software that would need to be reinstalled.
I tried the "Repair" option, but that also fails, just drops me to the
C: prompt, with no automatic replacement or repair.
Earlier, Nepatsfan pointed me to a couple of help web sites at MVP and
TheElderGeek. One assumes "Upgrade" is an available option. The
other assumes that the "Repair" option will work. In my case,
"Upgrade" does not appear as an option, and the "Repair" option does
not work.
Microsoft's own web site has a page telling us how to upgrade a
motherboard. It also assumes "Upgrade" is an option and assumes my
original XP disk will talk to my current upgraded installation. I
could not find any other pages dealing with motherrboard upgrades.
Their own page is no help at all.
I really don't want to reformat/reinstall, huge undertaking. I now
find myself wishing I had never upgraded to XP at all. With all
previous versions of Windows, no trick at all to upgrade any and all
hardware components.
Thoughts of others.......
Regards,
Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, Canada
installed it FAT32 and subsequently upgraded it on-line to SP2 [NTSF]
on my 1.2Ghz computer. I have just purchased a new ASUS P5GD1-VM
motherboard and a 3.0 Intel P4 CPU. Following install of the new
MB/CPU, WinXP slips into a reboot loop without ever showing its face.
Will not boot to Safe mode.
I've been told that I must reinstall XP. If I boot to my original
XP SP1 disk, it refuses to talk to the existing SP2 version on my hard
drive. So I did a Slipstream upgrade of my original XP SP1 disk,
now up to an SP2 disk.
This SP2 disk will now talk to my SP2 installion on my hard drive, but
no longer offers the "Upgrade" option. It wants to reformat my hard
drive and do a complete reinstall. Not an acceptable option, as I
have 30 gigs of software that would need to be reinstalled.
I tried the "Repair" option, but that also fails, just drops me to the
C: prompt, with no automatic replacement or repair.
Earlier, Nepatsfan pointed me to a couple of help web sites at MVP and
TheElderGeek. One assumes "Upgrade" is an available option. The
other assumes that the "Repair" option will work. In my case,
"Upgrade" does not appear as an option, and the "Repair" option does
not work.
Microsoft's own web site has a page telling us how to upgrade a
motherboard. It also assumes "Upgrade" is an option and assumes my
original XP disk will talk to my current upgraded installation. I
could not find any other pages dealing with motherrboard upgrades.
Their own page is no help at all.
I really don't want to reformat/reinstall, huge undertaking. I now
find myself wishing I had never upgraded to XP at all. With all
previous versions of Windows, no trick at all to upgrade any and all
hardware components.
Thoughts of others.......
Regards,
Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, Canada