XP will not load after new motherboard installed

[Guest]

I had to install a new motherboard on my son's PC today, since when XP SP1a
will not load.

If I boot from the hard drive it says XP failed to load properly and gives
me the usual options of "normally, safe mode etc". Booting normally stops
dead, safe mode lists the drivers and stops at Mup.sys.

I have tried booting and repairing from the CDROM using the steps described
in one of the technical notes on the microsoft supoprt website, but this
stops dead with 34 mins left to go (at the screen about photographs).

I would be grateful for any thoughts on what to do.

MoBo is a PC Chips K&, RAM 512Mb DDR400, sound card Creative Audigy 2 Pro,
Graphics nVidia FX5200.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Windows XP does like it when you change the motherboard. XP's Product
Activation is based on the motherboard components. Unless the motherboard
is 100% the same as to old one, you will now need to do a "repair"
re-install of XP.

 

[Rich Barry]

David, usually when a Motherboard is replaced a repair or clean install
of WinXP is required. However you can take a look
here http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/ubb.x/a/frm/f/77909774 Check
Swapping your Board the second post.
and here http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Guest]

Gentlemen,

Have tried the repair option from the "install" route you suggested (not
the one via the Recovery Console) and that is when it stos dead at the 34
min point.

Will reinstalling cause problems with re-activating (having activated when
new)?

TIA

 

[Rich Barry]

Just a Motherboard change should be no problem when trying to reactivate
your WinXP.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I had to install a new motherboard on my son's PC today, since when XP SP1a
will not load.

If I boot from the hard drive it says XP failed to load properly and gives
me the usual options of "normally, safe mode etc". Booting normally stops
dead, safe mode lists the drivers and stops at Mup.sys.

I have tried booting and repairing from the CDROM using the steps described
in one of the technical notes on the microsoft supoprt website, but this
stops dead with 34 mins left to go (at the screen about photographs).

I would be grateful for any thoughts on what to do.

MoBo is a PC Chips K&, RAM 512Mb DDR400, sound card Creative Audigy 2 Pro,
Graphics nVidia FX5200.

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations
and licenses 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

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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Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

Gentlemen,

Have tried the repair option from the "install" route you suggested (not
the one via the Recovery Console) and that is when it stos dead at the 34
min point.

Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

Windows XP SP1 Installation Stops Responding with About 34 Minutes Remaining
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815319

Will reinstalling cause problems with re-activating (having activated when
new)?

If you've a retail license, definitely not. Even an OEM license
probably won't cause a problem.


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Bruce Chambers

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[Guest]

Thanks to everyone for your advice. Unfortunately, none of the
"repair/recover" options worked (including those from various websites
suggested by the IT people in work).

In the end I did a complete new installation and reactivation. PC now up and
running. Time will tell how much remains to be done to bring it back to
pre-MoBo status.