New motherboard in Windows 2000 Server

[Sighar]

Hi.

I had to change the motherboard in my Windows 2000 Server. Microsoft
and posts here tell me to boot from the CD, choose Install, find the
former installation and choose the Repair option. My problem is that
when I do this, I do not get the Repair option, just the option to
install and delete the former installation, choose a new installation
path or to quit.

Any ideas?

Sigurdur

 

[Dave Patrick]

These articles may help.

How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694

HOW TO: Replace the Motherboard on a Computer That Is Running Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=824125


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


:
| Hi.
|
| I had to change the motherboard in my Windows 2000 Server. Microsoft
| and posts here tell me to boot from the CD, choose Install, find the
| former installation and choose the Repair option. My problem is that
| when I do this, I do not get the Repair option, just the option to
| install and delete the former installation, choose a new installation
| path or to quit.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Sigurdur

 

[Sighar]

Thanks for the answer. However, I cannot access the old Win setup so I
cannot migrate. I had already followed the instruction in Q824125:
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For Windows 2000:
a) When you are prompted To set up Windows 2000 now, press ENTER,
press ENTER.
Setup looks for any previous installations of Windows 2000 on the hard
disk and then displays a list of any previous installations that it
finds.
b) Use the arrow keys to select the installation that you want to
repair, and then press R to select the To repair the selected Windows
2000 installation, press R option.
This will start the repair of your previous Windows 2000 installation.
----
My problem is that I do not get the "R" option at all! It finds
previous installations (there are 2) but lets me choose from three
options: install and delete previous installation, choose a new path
for the new installation (when I try and keep the old path, it refuses
to accept it), and to quit the installation altogether (F3).

Any ideas?

 

[Dave Patrick]

These may help.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


:
| Thanks for the answer. However, I cannot access the old Win setup so I
| cannot migrate. I had already followed the instruction in Q824125:
| ----
| For Windows 2000:
| a) When you are prompted To set up Windows 2000 now, press ENTER,
| press ENTER.
| Setup looks for any previous installations of Windows 2000 on the hard
| disk and then displays a list of any previous installations that it
| finds.
| b) Use the arrow keys to select the installation that you want to
| repair, and then press R to select the To repair the selected Windows
| 2000 installation, press R option.
| This will start the repair of your previous Windows 2000 installation.
| ----
| My problem is that I do not get the "R" option at all! It finds
| previous installations (there are 2) but lets me choose from three
| options: install and delete previous installation, choose a new path
| for the new installation (when I try and keep the old path, it refuses
| to accept it), and to quit the installation altogether (F3).
|
| Any ideas?

 

[Sighar]

Thank you Dave for your answers. However, they are not helpful since
the articles you suggest are ones I have already read and they all
expect that the Repair option is available. This is my problem. I do
not get this Repair option at all!

 

[Brian Smither]

(e-mail address removed) (Sighar) wrote in

Thank you Dave for your answers. However, they are not helpful since
the articles you suggest are ones I have already read and they all
expect that the Repair option is available. This is my problem. I do
not get this Repair option at all!

It's been awhile, but this is what I remember:

I, too, do not get the "Repair" option but only if I'm booting from an OEM
(or maybe Corporate) version of the install CD. What I had to do is borrow
a Retail (off-the-shelf) copy and make Emergency Boot Diskettes (set of 4,
5, or 6 diskettes - can't remember as I seem to have misplaced them for the
moment).

A hassle to use, but if you need to repair an installation only this one
time, then the borrowed CD should suffice.

I know of no true way to determine if any given CD is a Retail, Upgrade,
Corporate, or OEM version of Win2000. (But you are dealing with Server, so
I can't corroborate the above.)

A new motherboard in Win2K is probably causing Inaccessible_Boot_Device.
This is caused by not having the correct IDE bridge drivers. The first time
that happened to me, I put the old motherboard back in and installed *all*
IDE controller drivers according to a KB article that, no doubt, you have
already found.

Brian Smither
Smither Consulting