Re: New Setup /w same HD
From: Cerridwen (cerridwen_at_celticnet.com)
Date: 02/08/04
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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 04:06:34 -0000
Clinton wrote:
> Lets see, I bought a new motherboard, 256MB ram, video
> card, second HD, and cd rw drive, and P4 processor. Its
> all hooked up right i think but i have my old HD as the
> primary master so it boots windows xp off that. it
> starts up and finds all the drives fine, but it asks
> about starting windows in safe mode, network, or in
> command prompt cause of all the hardware changes. any
> one i pick it starts, but then flashes a blue screen real
> quick and starts the comp over again, and keeps goin and
> goin like that. What's up? can i transfer my operating
> system to the bare minimum onto the new HD so it works
> right? what should i do? the motherboard doesn't have
> onboard video so i have a GeForce128MB. It's a ECS
> EliteGroup 648FX-A board w/ hyperthreading and all. What
> should i do.
A repair installation. You can't just plug everything in and expect it to
boot straight to Windows. Boot from the XP CD and follow the instructions.
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