Motherboard upgrade

[Leythos]

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:05:07 -0800, funnzenk wrote:
[snip]

Ok Leythos you seem to be onto something there can you explain a little more
about the procedure you propose. One thing in mind I can not do a fresh
install or repair when this board is in I get the error file setupdd.sys
could not load error code 4 So I can never get to the screen to chose Repair
or fresh install. Thanks feel free to e-mail me with information at
(e-mail address removed)

As I understand it you're in a pickle in that you can't get it to boot in
safe mode or normal mode. Have you tried, as this is kind of a last ditch
thing, just installing another copy of XP in a different folder? Instead
of installing it in C:\Windows, install it in C:\Windows2. If you can do
this and get it running you can then bring the machine online, make a
backup of your data (burn to CD or something) and then you can wipe it and
fix it.

I would email you, but it's better to provide the support here so that
others may benefit from our interaction and its success or failure.

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

No, Windows will always be able to use generic drivers. It's almost
always preferable to do a clean install of Windows after installing a
new motherboard.

Lee

Not really necessary if the repair install is done on the first boot after
the MB is swapped and this is absolutly but highly recommended necessary
only if the chipset and processor was changed radically. The repair install
will reset the new hardware profile to the existing XP installation.
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