win xp

[mikel]

after installing new asus motherboard, win xp home fails
to start. it gets to the faded black screen for a
moment, and never gets bright, then reboots.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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

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

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| after installing new asus motherboard, win xp home fails
| to start. it gets to the faded black screen for a
| moment, and never gets bright, then reboots.

 

[Ken Simmons [MSFT]]

Hi Mike,

Try booting from the CD and choose to do a repair installation.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP WGID:488
ID: 315341

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

Regards,

Ken Simmons

Microsoft Technical Support for Platforms and Business Applications