a7v-600 SATA WinXP

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Aardvark F. Bandersnatch, Esq.

Sorry about the cross-posting, but it seemed necessary in this case.

After installing the new MB (A7V-600), rebooted into WinXP and all was fine.
Using Norton Ghost, the C drive (WD 40GB) was cloned to a Seagate SATA 80GB
HDD. Shut down and disconnected the WD40 drive. Re-boot and set BIOS to boot
from the SATA drive. On re-boot to the *new* C drive (SATA 80GB), the
initial windows "Loading, please wait" screen comes up and then goes to the
"classic" log-on window. After entering a user name and then <enter>,
windows attempts to load, but all that shows up is a completely blank,
light-violet color user window (no desktop, no taskbar, nothing). Even the
three-finger salute doesn't work. To re-boot, I have to use the panic
button.
This happens with all three users. Other than re-installing XP, are there
other things I could try to get XP to load to the proper user windows?

Thanks for any help.

Micheal.
 
If your WD 40gb hd was not a SATA hd i.e. an IDE or SCSI drive, could that
be the problem - you may have to install drivers that came with the SATA hd.

regards, Richard
 
XP is sensitive to hardware details, and SATA vs IDE is a lot more than a
detail.

Your best bet is to take the XP CDROM and perform a "repair" installation.
Early in that porcess, look for a message about pressing F6 to supply
SCSI/RAID drivers. SATA drivers are in the same catagory as SCSI and RAID.
Press F6, and have the driver set on a floppy. A CD will not work, it must
be a floppy.

Note that a reapir will not format the disk and it will not erase user files
or programs. In fact, you may only use a few customized settings. However,
you will need to download/install all XP updates issued after your XP CDROM
was made.

Links on how to do a repair:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341


http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm



http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=23979,00.asp
 
RJK said:
If your WD 40gb hd was not a SATA hd i.e. an IDE or SCSI drive, could that
be the problem - you may have to install drivers that came with the SATA hd.

regards, Richard
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Thanks Richard, but the drivers are already installed.

<shrug>
 
Aardvark F. Bandersnatch said:
Sorry about the cross-posting, but it seemed necessary in this case.

After installing the new MB (A7V-600), rebooted into WinXP and all was fine.
Using Norton Ghost, the C drive (WD 40GB) was cloned to a Seagate SATA 80GB
HDD. Shut down and disconnected the WD40 drive. Re-boot and set BIOS to boot
from the SATA drive. On re-boot to the *new* C drive (SATA 80GB), the
initial windows "Loading, please wait" screen comes up and then goes to the
"classic" log-on window. After entering a user name and then <enter>,
windows attempts to load, but all that shows up is a completely blank,
light-violet color user window (no desktop, no taskbar, nothing). Even the
three-finger salute doesn't work. To re-boot, I have to use the panic
button.
This happens with all three users. Other than re-installing XP, are there
other things I could try to get XP to load to the proper user windows?

Thanks for any help.
Click to expand...

Check BIOS settings carefully. Eg, a date or time outside valid ranges
causes XP to lock up when loading but not crash. You can move the mouse but
do nothing else.

However, with the major changes you have made, you always have to install XP
on top of XP and reinstall the new motherboard drivers to get it all to work
again. You may lose networking ability at that point. If that happens, to go
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;329441 and follow
the details there to restore networking.
 
Unnamed said:
Check BIOS settings carefully. Eg, a date or time outside valid ranges
causes XP to lock up when loading but not crash. You can move the mouse but
do nothing else.

However, with the major changes you have made, you always have to install XP
on top of XP and reinstall the new motherboard drivers to get it all to work
again. You may lose networking ability at that point. If that happens, to go
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;329441 and follow
the details there to restore networking.
Click to expand...

Yeah. After working with it for several hours, I just gave up and started
(and currently in midst of) a complete re-install.

Krispy Kringles.
 
Aardvark F. Bandersnatch said:
install to

Yeah. After working with it for several hours, I just gave up and started
(and currently in midst of) a complete re-install.
Click to expand...

Pity. It isn't as if it is hard to do. You just have to not get angry and
not get upset that something may be lost and just work away at it, reading
everything. I went from a P3 600Mhz on an ASUS motherboard to a P4 1.7Ghz on
a Gigabyte not too long ago. Got it working from go to whoah in a few hours,
taking my time. The major thing to remember is to have time to fiddle
around. If you are in a rush, you'll stuff up.
 
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