Proceedures for adding new MB/CPU to Win XP Pro

[Trinaz]

Getting ready to install Win 7 Pro on my XP installation machine. Put in
new Motherboard/CPU/Memory but my XP Pro installation will not boot ?

Same Sata hard drive being used with unchanged XP installation.

Have done many mottherboard/cpu upgrades in past without issues. I'm
wondering if the XP "Genuine Advantage" stuff is causing the no-boot ?

I have not done anything with Win 7 yet...still waiting for UPS delivery !

Hoping I do not have to remove all the new hardware and replace old and then
boot again and THEN call Microsoft ?

The error screen I am getting is something like " Sorry...Windows wouldn't
load...maybe new hardware/sofrtware/compatabilty issues"...I have a bunch of
loading options includeing safe mode and last good configurations...but all
options lead to a reboot and the same screen ?

Win XP loading screen does appear for a second...but then system reboots ?

Any Ideas on what the issues are and how to fix it will be greatly
appreciated !!

Tim

 

[DL]

You have to perform a repair installation and whilst doing so install your
new motherboard drivers from supplied cd
And if your version of winxp is an oem version supplied with origonal
hardware it may be locked to that hardware

If in the past you did this, it was a miracle your origional boot worked
BTW I didnt think there was an upgrade path from winxp to win7, only via
clean install

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Getting ready to install Win 7 Pro on my XP installation machine. Put in
new Motherboard/CPU/Memory but my XP Pro installation will not boot ?

Same Sata hard drive being used with unchanged XP installation.

Have done many mottherboard/cpu upgrades in past without issues. I'm
wondering if the XP "Genuine Advantage" stuff is causing the no-boot ?

I have not done anything with Win 7 yet...still waiting for UPS delivery !

Hoping I do not have to remove all the new hardware and replace old and then
boot again and THEN call Microsoft ?

The error screen I am getting is something like " Sorry...Windows wouldn't
load...maybe new hardware/sofrtware/compatabilty issues"...I have a bunch of
loading options includeing safe mode and last good configurations...but all
options lead to a reboot and the same screen ?

Win XP loading screen does appear for a second...but then system reboots ?

Any Ideas on what the issues are and how to fix it will be greatly
appreciated !!

Tim

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific motherboard chipset and
therefore 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

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also probably 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.



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Bruce Chambers

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