Re: Installing a new mobo
- From: Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:18:45 -0400
attilathehun1 wrote:
I got fed up with the SATA drive and decided to install the old hard drive that was the original drive that has Windows XP Home edition installed on it. Now, why can't I get the PC to boot? I went into BIOS already and had the hard drive recognized. It already has an OS on it, the hard drive, and wtf is the problem. Do I need to stick the supplied mobo CD into the optical drive? Do I need to tell BIOS that Im sticking this mobo into a PC that has all the old parts in it? Do I need to blow it out my ass? WTF!
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, attilathehun1
PS I don't believe it. I was using my Dell 8300 to read the replies and download replies into My Documents. I never use it to post questions or replies. I haven't been able to do that for almost a year now. Maybe it's the new video card? I thought it was something in Internet Options that was blocking pop-ups. This is great. No more posting questions and replies on the HP Pavilion 503n that's ancients. This Dell 8300 had 2 GBs of DDR 400 and a 24 inch flat screen ultra sharp monitor from Dell. Thanks, attilathehun1
To move a drive from another computer, to your new motherboard, you'd do
a "repair" install with the WinXP CD. You may have to press F6 and offer
drivers, if drivers are needed to make the disk interface work. If the
default Microsoft disk drivers are compatible with the chipset, then you
wouldn't need to press F6. In a sense, this option is no easier to do,
no less frustrating, than doing the clean install with a brand new disk.
So what you're trying to do now, is not easier, or more likely to
succeed. You cannot "dodge the bullet" by using this approach.
Procedure is here.
http://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/windows/instructions/repairinstall.htm
For your Nvidia chipset board, RAID or AHCI mode require drivers installed
via F6. To run in RAID mode, with a single drive, might require declaring
the single drive as a "striped array consisting of one disk". That is the
information I could find in the Nvidia Mediashield manual.
For the plain IDE mode for SATA, no driver should be needed. But I cannot
find that in print, for your 6100/405 chipset. It should be the same
for all Nvidia chipsets, as they would carry a successful SATA interface
design forward from chipset to chipset.
For your Gigabyte board, with Intel chipset, on there I'm more confident
that the approach is exactly the same. RAID or AHCI mode need a driver,
presented on a floppy, press F6 to offer driver etc. The IDE mode for SATA,
needs no driver. WinXP SP1 has both PCI space and I/O space default
drivers, suitable for the IDE mode. One difference is, on the Intel,
you can use the RAID driver, with a single disk, and simply not declare
the disk as a "RAID array". Intel calls this procedure, being "RAID ready",
as it allows migration to a RAID array later. Nvidia also allows migration,
but at least according to their Mediashield manual, they recommended using
the "fake one disk" array approach for the initial install.
Due to the few extra steps needed for a RAID install, on your 6100/405
chipset, I don't recommend the RAID route.
And at some point, there isn't much we can do here, unless you do a
very good job of describing what is happening. If there is some step
you're missing, we're blind here, and cannot see what you've done.
You could always take the system to your buddy, and have him take
a whack at installing it. Maybe he would allow you to look over his
shoulder, while he does it. Bring the WinXP CD and the motherboard
driver CD, so he'd have all the tools needed to finish a basic
install. No need to wait around for Windows Update, as you can do
that step yourself.
Paul
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