XP repair installation help needed

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I upgraded my pc with a new motherboard and a lot of other hardware but kept
my harddrive with my retail version of XP. XP would not load and what I
learned from a lot of the other posts is that this is normal?!? So following
the advise given to other posts I am trying to perform a repair installation.
Here's the step-by-step to where I'm at now:
I turned on the computer, loaded the XP CD, booted from CD when prompted,
pressed R to select repair installation and then I was asked to choose which
current Windows installation to log onto -
1; C:/Windows
I pressed 1 then enter then I was asked to enter administrator password. SO
HERE'S MY CURRENT PROBLEM... It doesn't accept my password. I'm using the
password that I log onto windows with for my user (administrator) profile. So
now what?
 
Save yourself the time spent repairing xp,it wont work...With any new board
one has to format the hd,then do a new installation of xp.
 
Hi,

It is normal if your Windows will not load for you have changed major
hardware components.

I took the liberty to paste the following link posted by Michael Stevens
MS-MVP XP SHELL for another topic, but it also contains information about
repair install.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

Suggest you to read it carefully before taking other actions.

PS: Have you backup your data already? If not, suggested you to put the HDD
on another system and back up the data first. Never hurt to be prepared.

Good luck.
 
At the first set of prompts just hit enter not R, then hit F8 to accept agreement. Setup will look
for existing installation , it will then show you what is installed. Press R here to do the Repair.
 
Andrew E. said:
Save yourself the time spent repairing xp,it wont work...With any new >
board one has to format the hd,then do a new installation of xp.
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"dmbickfo"
You encountered the usual (but not always) scenario where after changing the
motherboard and/or other major components the system will not boot. It's
perfectly normal in the XP environment.

Andrew's "advice" notwithstanding, a Repair installation of XP is called
for at this point. Unfortunately you ran into the common error of accessing
the Recovery console following your boot with the XP installation CD. It's
not your fault. On the opening "Welcome to Setup" screen there's an option
that reads "To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console,
press R." And that's what you mistakenly did, like thousands & thousands of
other users before you and thousands & thousands of other users who are
doing that right now. Why Microsoft used that wording, i.e., "repair", at
this point I'll never know. It's caused grief to untold numbers of
inexperienced users who enter the bewildering and unnecessary (in this
instance) world of the Recovery Console. There may be times when you will
need access to the Recovery Console, but this is not one of them.

The option, "To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER." on the Welcome to Setup
screen is the one you want. Following the Licensing Agreement, XP will
detect your present installation and you will have an option to repair that
installation by pressing "R". And that's what you do.

Do a Google search on "xp repair installation" for detailed instructions on
many sites on how to perform a repair install.
Anna
 
I upgraded my pc with a new motherboard and a lot of other hardware but kept
my harddrive with my retail version of XP. XP would not load and what I
learned from a lot of the other posts is that this is normal?!? So following
the advise given to other posts I am trying to perform a repair installation.
Here's the step-by-step to where I'm at now:
I turned on the computer, loaded the XP CD, booted from CD when prompted,
pressed R to select repair installation and then I was asked to choose which
current Windows installation to log onto -
1; C:/Windows
I pressed 1 then enter then I was asked to enter administrator password. SO
HERE'S MY CURRENT PROBLEM... It doesn't accept my password. I'm using the
password that I log onto windows with for my user (administrator) profile. So
now what?
Click to expand...

The offer to "repair" comes up twice during XP setup. You took the first
option which won't help. Instead, bypass that first repair option and wait
for the second one.
 
Hi, dmbickfo.

You've received bad advice and good advice so far. Let me help you sort it
out.

The basic problem is that your old hard drive still holds WinXP - including
drivers and other instructions for how to boot WinXP on your OLD
motherboard. A new mobo (unless it's just a replacement for a defective
one - but you said this is an upgrade) almost certainly includes a new CPU,
new chipset, new HD controller - all under the control of a new BIOS. So,
when WinXP tries to boot in this new environment, it gets awfully confused.
Like waking up in a new house: the kitchen is where the bedroom used to be;
the TV channels are all wrong... To get this all sorted out, you need to
run WinXP Setup again so that it can detect the NEW hardware environment and
load the proper drivers, etc., to fit the new configuration.

To run WinXP Setup again, boot from the WinXP CD-ROM. The official
instructions are in this Knowledge Base article:
How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q315341

Use Method 2 and, as Anna and Dave said, do not press "R" the first time it
is offered (in Step 3); press Enter here and choose "R" when you get to Step
5. This will completely reinstall WinXP itself, but will preserve your
installed applications and data - and most of your tweaks. As soon as you
get your firewall and antivirus working again, visit Windows Update to be
sure that you have SP2 and later updates installed.

You do NOT have to reformat your HD, as Andrew said. That would wipe out
your Registry (among other things), making an in-place upgrade impossible.
:>(

RC
 
Andrew;
FALSE.
A Repair Installation to properly detect the new hardware will usually fix
this.
In this case the OP pressed R at the wrong time.
While a Clean Installation will resolve the issue, it is far to soon to go
that course since much simpler and reliable options remain.
 
Thank you for everyone's posts. For anyone with the same problem reading
this, R. C. White and others with similar advice were exactly right!
 
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