New Mainboard

[Dan]

I needed to replace my mainboard (CPU fan circuit is
failing). Now, with the new mainboard Windows starts to
load, then reboots. Safemode does not work. I put the
same hard drive back into the old mainboard and it boots
fine. The new mainboard boots with a Windows 2000 drive,
so the mainboard seems fine - but does not boot with my
XP drive. Any thoughts?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Dan;
You need to perform a Repair Installation to properly detect the new
hardware:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

 

[barefoot]

-----Original Message-----
I needed to replace my mainboard (CPU fan circuit is
failing). Now, with the new mainboard Windows starts to
load, then reboots. Safemode does not work. I put the
same hard drive back into the old mainboard and it boots
fine. The new mainboard boots with a Windows 2000 drive,
so the mainboard seems fine - but does not boot with my
XP drive. Any thoughts?
.
I had the same problem. This is part of ms anti-piracy.

You will have to do a clean "install" and start from
scratch. Loose all setings etc.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

This has nothing to do with "ms anti-piracy"
This would happen if anti piracy features did not exist.
It has to do with hardware detection.

You did not need to perform a Clean Installation.
All that was needed was a Repair Installation as stated in my last
post.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


>I had the same problem. This is part of
ms anti-piracy.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations
and licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard - check yours
_before_ starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the
one on which the 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 also require re-activation, unless you have a Volume
Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. 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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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Nonsense. This has absolutely nothing to do with any anti-piracy
measures, and everything to do with pulling the hardware rug out from
under the OS. And all that's required is a repair installation.


Bruce Chambers
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