Re: Expert "Aha!!" Urgently Needed.

G'Day Sharon,

Thanks for the response!

> -Was the new motherboard an exact replacement for the old?
    The replacement is an entirely different Board using the old CPU.

> reallocated clusters. Are you confident that the bits transferred ...
    At the moment I am not confident of anything.

I will think about the repair install - I am also tempted to start right over!
-- 
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:10:23 +1100, Pat Garard wrote:
>
>> G'Day All,
>>
>> NEW    | IDE 1.0 ------------ 40GB Seagate (New)
>> Mother  |         1.1 ------------ 40GB Maxtor (Old)
>> Board    | IDE 2.0 ------------ Pioneer CD/DVD DL burner (New)
>> 1 GB     |         2.1 ------------ Pioneer CD/DVD burner (Old)
>> RAM    |
>>
>> CD Data Ops seem ok
>>
>> CD Audio Ops seem ok but slow to AutoPlay (svchost/MSEng 50-80%CPU)
>>
>> Any attempted DVD-Video operation on either Pioneer results in:
>>     Video Corruption of PowerDVD Player console
>>     Random Video Corruption of (say) IE
>>     CP>System>Device Manager - Unable to run ............
>>     OneTouch.exe reports "Unable to enumerate devices..."
>>     Most executables in WinExplorer show "DOS" Icons
>>     Standby/Turn Off/Restart Screen is transparent .....
>>
>> (PowerDVD ok with HDD video files)
>>
>> All cured by reboot - Can anybody help?
>> Fuller History below.
>
> It *sounds* like you did all the right things to get the new board/drive up
> and running. Couple of thoughts:
>
> -Was the new motherboard an exact replacement for the old? If no, a repair
> install of XP would update hardware info. Even if a duplicate replacement,
> there's a chance that the revision or a component is slightly different. A
> repair install might help here too.
>
> How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341
>
> -Old hard drive was on "failure threshold." Not sure what the exact
> criteria is for that condition but it doesn't sound good and you mention
> reallocated clusters. Are you confident that the bits transferred from the
> dying drive were not damaged in any way? File corruption is a very common
> occurrence wherever dying hardware is involved. Problems with the old
> motherboard or the drive could potentially cause this to happen.
>
> So there's two weak spots in the scenario that could cause a drop in
> performance and that you may need to backtrack on.
>
> -- 
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User 


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