Re: Hardware Upgrade Aggravation

In i4ljr1l87dp0d581pv1o9d7nm6liitr1bm@xxxxxxx Terry Smythe
wrote:
> For past year or so, I've been working with an ECS L7VMM2
> motherboard with an AMD 1.2ghz CPU. On Boxing Day I
> treated myself to a new ASUS P5GD1-VM MB, a 3.0Ghz Intel P4
> CPU, and a pair of 200gig hard drives.
>
> I've been successful in cloning my WinXP Home from a small
> drive to the big drive, installing both drives, and
> migrating from FAT32 to NTFS It was quite an adventure.
> Trying to install the new CPU/MB is turning out to be a real
> aggravation.
>
> WinXP Home SP2 will not boot. It slips into a reboot loop
> without ever splashing the XP screen. Try as I might, I
> cannot get XP to boot. My vendor is, I believe, taking
> an easy way out by telling I must do a fresh install of XP.
>
> Sorry, not a good option as XP Home (Upgrade) will not let
> me do a reinstall like I always did with all previous
> versions of Windows. XP will only let me install if I
> reformat the drive first. Too much to lose.
>
> Using a spare drive loaded with WinME, normal boot emerges,
> telling me the new CPU and MB are OK. Reinstall my old
> MB/CPU and system comes to life normally, telling me my
> WinXP and hard drives are OK.
>
> What do I need to do to get my system up and running with
> this new 3.0 CPU and MB?
>
> Thoughts of others?
>
> Regards,
>
> Terry Smythe
> Winnipeg, Canada

If you can't start a repair installation, you may be stuck
having to perform
a clean installation. You might want to take a look at these
articles:

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

Replace Motherboard on a Windows XP System
http://www.theeldergeek.com/replace_motherboard.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan



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