Reinstall XP Home

[Guest]

I have a computer that the motherboard went out on. I replaced the board with a better model and a faster CPU. How can I get the current install of xp to load and reconfigure for the new components?

 

[Gary Tsang]

Hi,

You'll have to perform a Repair installation of your Windows XP Home.

Follow these steps to do a repair install which should preserve your data,
settings, and programs:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
drive.
2. Restart your computer. If you have to, change the BIOS settings to start
from
the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer again.
3. At the "Welcome to Setup" page, press ENTER.
4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
5. Use the arrow keys to select the installation of Windows XP that you want
to
repair, and then press R to start the automatic repair process.
6. When Setup is completed, activate Windows XP.

Note that you will need your Product Key for this procedure, so have it
handy before you begin.

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

 

[Gerald Thompson]

Check the CPU bus speed setting. Initially, the jumper
(JP2) was set to 'Auto' from the manufacturer (L4VXA2 P4
motherboard; Celeron 2.66 GHz CPU, 400 MHz FSB) Changed it
to '533' (I'm running one stick of 512 MB DDR RAM. When I
first started XP and W2K installs, I first had to disable
L1/L2 cache which of course is really slow, and after
reboot re-enabled it - still crashed. Resetting the mobo's
bus speed corrected the problem.
(e-mail address removed)
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-----Original Message-----
I have a computer that the motherboard went out on. I

replaced the board with a better model and a faster CPU.
How can I get the current install of xp to load and
reconfigure for the new components?