New hardware

[Colin Bearfield]

This is probably a common problem but my PC is down and it's not easy
to find info.

My mobo failed today. I replaced it with a celeron bundle. New memory,
new mobo, new cpu. I have an Acronis True Image v8 image of my C:
partition.

The new hardware works well but when loading the XP pro O/S it stops
at the safe mode screen. Any option that I take offers me the "blue
screen of death". It says that windows has detected a problem and has
shut down. It advise me to run checkdisk/F.

What I really want is to alter the Acronis image so that it can cope
with the new hardware. Any help, please?

Bash

 

[RonK]

If you did not re-install XP after the hardware changes you ned to do a
Repair Installation of XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx

 

[WTC]

This is probably a common problem but my PC is down and it's not easy
to find info.

My mobo failed today. I replaced it with a celeron bundle. New memory,
new mobo, new cpu. I have an Acronis True Image v8 image of my C:
partition.

The new hardware works well but when loading the XP pro O/S it stops
at the safe mode screen. Any option that I take offers me the "blue
screen of death". It says that windows has detected a problem and has
shut down. It advise me to run checkdisk/F.

What I really want is to alter the Acronis image so that it can cope
with the new hardware. Any help, please?

When replacing a motherboard you need to perform a repair install.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Colin Bearfield]

When replacing a motherboard you need to perform a repair install.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Many thanks. As with above posting the way ahead looks to be clear
and certain.

Bash

 

[Colin Bearfield]

No. I have done nothing so far. I want to avoid a re-install at all
costs. I have my system tuned to perfection and I rely on restoring
an image to clear the decks if I have a problem.

Thanks for the help.

Bash

 

[RonK]

Restoring a saved image will not work because it contains drivers for your
old motherboard.

A repair installation will not lose data.
A clean installation will lose everything.

 

[WTC]

Many thanks. As with above posting the way ahead looks to be clear
and certain.

You're welcome.

 

[Colin Bearfield]

A point of clarification.

Does this mean that by running the repair option the existing
installation of XP will be amended to the extent that it will run on
the new mobo without destroying the settings and tweaks, and without
having to do a full install?

I am anxious to keep all the fine tuning before doing another image.

Colin

 

[Colin Bearfield]

This is probably a common problem but my PC is down and it's not easy
to find info.

My mobo failed today. I replaced it with a celeron bundle. New memory,
new mobo, new cpu. I have an Acronis True Image v8 image of my C:
partition.

The new hardware works well but when loading the XP pro O/S it stops
at the safe mode screen. Any option that I take offers me the "blue
screen of death". It says that windows has detected a problem and has
shut down. It advise me to run checkdisk/F.

What I really want is to alter the Acronis image so that it can cope
with the new hardware. Any help, please?

Bash

In spite of all the help on the web and this NG after 3 days we got
nowhere.Yesterday microsoft told us we had to go and buy a new copy of
XP before they could talk us through repairing our O/S.

After spending more than £100 on we were then told that it could never
be repaired because we had changed the mobo. This had been told to
them many times.

XP OEM IS MATCHED TO THE MOBO. WHEN THE MOBO DIES XP DIES. Please
remember this disgraceful fact.

Bash.

 

[RonK]

Colin,
A repair installation should have worked but activation would have been
denied. I did not realize that you were using an OEM version of XP Pro.
I think the OEM rule about being tied to the hardware is rediculous as well.