Windows XP hardware upgrade

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Graham Bennet

Hello All,
I have just upgraded my PC with a new Motherboard, Processor, and Graphics
card.
I now find that I am unable to start Windows. I have tried to start Windows
in Safe Mode, but when the system files are loading, I get to the same point
before the PC reboots.
I have contacted Gigabyte, but they have said that I will have to reload
Windows.
Does anyone have any ideas, as to how to get the PC to a state where I would
be
able to load the drivers for the new motheboard.

Thank, Graham
 
hello Graham
it is dificult, but you can try to start with the Xp cd and runn an repair
if you have Roxio Easy Media Creator installed it is impossible! do to
missing system files (Roxio moves Windows files under instalation) make an
backup of your files on the harddrive from another Pc before you start
 
Graham Bennet said:
Hello All,
I have just upgraded my PC with a new Motherboard, Processor, and Graphics
card.
I now find that I am unable to start Windows. I have tried to start
Windows
in Safe Mode, but when the system files are loading, I get to the same
point
before the PC reboots.
I have contacted Gigabyte, but they have said that I will have to reload
Windows.
Does anyone have any ideas, as to how to get the PC to a state where I
would be
able to load the drivers for the new motheboard.

Thank, Graham
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Move XP to new hardware.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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hello Graham
it is dificult, but you can try to start with the Xp cd and runn an repair
if you have Roxio Easy Media Creator installed it is impossible! do to
missing system files (Roxio moves Windows files under instalation) make an
backup of your files on the harddrive from another Pc before you start

"Graham Bennet" wrote:
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What version of Easy Media Creator?
Proof of this?

I have Easy Media Creator 8 installed on my system and recently had to
do a repair install due to a new mobo. The repair worked with no
problems whatsoever.
 
Hi

I've got Easy Media Creator 8 installed as well and haven't had any problems
with 'Repair' installs.

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Graham said:
Hello All,
I have just upgraded my PC with a new Motherboard, Processor, and Graphics
card.
I now find that I am unable to start Windows. I have tried to start Windows
in Safe Mode, but when the system files are loading, I get to the same point
before the PC reboots.
I have contacted Gigabyte, but they have said that I will have to reload
Windows.
Does anyone have any ideas, as to how to get the PC to a state where I would
be
able to load the drivers for the new motheboard.

Thank, Graham
Click to expand...


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