Need help with XP repair

[Mike]

I just upgraded my MB and CPU on my XP Home-based system.
I am keeping my current HDD. When I first started the
system, I set my BIOS to boot from CD-ROM and booted the
system from my Win XP installation CD. The system brought
me up to the options screen for "Installation", "Repair
using the repair console", and "exit". I hit "enter" to
install XP. Normally this would bring me to the next
option where I could select installation repair. Insted,
I'm getting a message the bottom of the screen that XP is
examining my hard drive @ID 0 on bus 0 on atapi . . .

The system hangs right there.

The HDD is properly installed as the master, and is
recognized by the bios.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I just upgraded my MB and CPU on my XP Home-based system.
I am keeping my current HDD. When I first started the
system, I set my BIOS to boot from CD-ROM and booted the
system from my Win XP installation CD. The system brought
me up to the options screen for "Installation", "Repair
using the repair console", and "exit". I hit "enter" to
install XP. Normally this would bring me to the next
option where I could select installation repair. Insted,
I'm getting a message the bottom of the screen that XP is
examining my hard drive @ID 0 on bus 0 on atapi . . .

The system hangs right there.

The HDD is properly installed as the master, and is
recognized by the bios.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
.
if you cannot get past the screen despite your vow,you

are going to get a new hard drive and clean install xp on
it.

 

[John]

What happens if you try to boot from the hard drive?
If it has not been fouled up by your change of mother board it should start to load windows, may be successfully or fail and then you run the repair?
However if since your first installation you have installed SP1 your system is going to do a clean install when you run it in the way described.

Jon