Proceedures in XP for replacing motherboard/cpu ?-

[Trinaz]

Getting ready for upgrade to Win 7 Pro. Have (had) a perfectly good
operational XP Pro install ( liscensed retail version ) running fine !

In preperation for Win 7 I replaced motherboard/cpu/memory in the box and
now when I boot I get a screen saying Windows failed to start....a bunch of
start options ( safe mode...last good congiguration, etc ) but all choices
lead to a reboot and then the same screen. There is a second or so with the
XP starting screen...but then it reboots ?

Windows XP is on same sata drive as before. Have not done anything with
Win 7...still waiting for UPS delivery !

Replaced lots of MB's/cpu's in the past with no issues. I'm thinking maybe
because of XP's "Genuine Advantage" issue ?

Hoping I don't have to reinstall old stuff and then call Microsoft ? Any
ideas on what's causing Windows XP Pro to not load...?...and how to fix
it....would be grealy appreciated.

Tim

 

[Trinaz]

Opps..my Outlook Express said this post didn't go through...please see
"Proceedures for adding new MB/CPU to Win XP Pro" at 6:17 am

Thanks, Tim

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Getting ready for upgrade to Win 7 Pro. Have (had) a perfectly good
operational XP Pro install ( liscensed retail version ) running fine !

In preperation for Win 7 I replaced motherboard/cpu/memory in the box and
now when I boot I get a screen saying Windows failed to start....a bunch of
start options ( safe mode...last good congiguration, etc ) but all choices
lead to a reboot and then the same screen. There is a second or so with the
XP starting screen...but then it reboots ?

Windows XP is on same sata drive as before. Have not done anything with
Win 7...still waiting for UPS delivery !

Replaced lots of MB's/cpu's in the past with no issues. I'm thinking maybe
because of XP's "Genuine Advantage" issue ?

Hoping I don't have to reinstall old stuff and then call Microsoft ? Any
ideas on what's causing Windows XP Pro to not load...?...and how to fix
it....would be grealy 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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