Help! can't load old winxp to new mb and processor.

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Elliott

Just got new A7N8X-D and AMD 2400+ for Christmas.
I transferred Nvidia graphics board,floppy, CD-rom and
system ide boot drive from old winxp pro system after first removing
all the startup processes such as Norton anti virus,etc.

After checking bios stuff and all ok, tried a safe VGA boot to
Windows. Drivers loaded ok and system started to switch to
win gui. I then get a blue screen text message and system reboots.
Can't read message because It flashes too quick. I can't
find any boot log entries or system event messages.

I believe hardware ok because it boots DOS form old 98 boot floppy,
98 dos cd, and windows xp pre installation environment from a Super
Win PE cd.

I hesitate to burn all my bridges and screw around with reloading
xp from original xp cd over old system.

If anyone can tell me how to read the blue screen message,
maybe I could isolate the problem. Could missing hardware
such as SCSI controllers, etc cause a problem even on a SAFE
boot? TIA for your patience.

Elliott in New Jersey
 
Elliott said:
Just got new A7N8X-D and AMD 2400+ for Christmas.
I transferred Nvidia graphics board,floppy, CD-rom and
system ide boot drive from old winxp pro system after first removing
all the startup processes such as Norton anti virus,etc.
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Don't waste your time.... If it didn't work the first time, you'll never get
the PC 100% stable.

Put the old PC back together, copy what you need to keep and format.
 
Noozer said:
Don't waste your time.... If it didn't work the first time, you'll never get
the PC 100% stable.

Put the old PC back together, copy what you need to keep and format.
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I agree ... Changing the motherboard demands a new install ...
 
Elliott said:
Just got new A7N8X-D and AMD 2400+ for Christmas.
I transferred Nvidia graphics board,floppy, CD-rom and
system ide boot drive from old winxp pro system after first removing
all the startup processes such as Norton anti virus,etc.

After checking bios stuff and all ok, tried a safe VGA boot to
Windows. Drivers loaded ok and system started to switch to
win gui. I then get a blue screen text message and system reboots.
Can't read message because It flashes too quick. I can't
find any boot log entries or system event messages.

I believe hardware ok because it boots DOS form old 98 boot floppy,
98 dos cd, and windows xp pre installation environment from a Super
Win PE cd.

I hesitate to burn all my bridges and screw around with reloading
xp from original xp cd over old system.

If anyone can tell me how to read the blue screen message,
maybe I could isolate the problem. Could missing hardware
such as SCSI controllers, etc cause a problem even on a SAFE
boot? TIA for your patience.

Elliott in New Jersey
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Boot from the WinXP CD and choose "Repair". This installs all
necesrary new drivers. Worked for me with an A7N8X Deluxe coming from
an Abit KT7. After the "Repair" I installed the 4in1, Sound and LAN
drivers from the Asus CD and everything is running smoothly now for
almost 2 months.

Nanga
 
Nanga Parbat said:
Boot from the WinXP CD and choose "Repair". This installs all
necesrary new drivers. Worked for me with an A7N8X Deluxe coming from
an Abit KT7. After the "Repair" I installed the 4in1, Sound and LAN
drivers from the Asus CD and everything is running smoothly now for
almost 2 months.

Nanga
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I didn't know you could do this, thanks for the tip.
Does this require an Emergency Repair Disk (cfr Windows 2000) ?
 
I didn't know you could do this, thanks for the tip.
Does this require an Emergency Repair Disk (cfr Windows 2000) ?
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I didn't need one. It's just an option on the WinXP install CD.

Nanga
 
When a harddrive with XP on it is used with a different motherboard you HAVE
to reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of XP or you will suffer
ongoing Registry errors.
 
As another poster remarked, a repair install is the minimum:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

"How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP"

In brief: change the BIOS settings to boot from the CD drive. Boot from the
XP CD. Choose to install, rather than going to the repair console. Under
install, choose to repair rather than a new installation.

This preserves most settings and installed applications. You'll lose
everything that was installed via Windows Update, though.

Having a backup for at least the C: partition would be good insurance,
though.

The repair install ought to be adequate. If it isn't, you can always do a
clean install later.

Good luck.

Bob Knowlden

Address may be altered to avoid spam. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
 
Many thanks to posters for the repair suggestion and links to ms
how to. Will give it a try and post results.
Nine gig of primary programs and five years of stuff is a lot to
replace. Although, it may be a good time to spring clean in January.

Just got new A7N8X-D and AMD 2400+ for Christmas.
I transferred Nvidia graphics board,floppy, CD-rom and
system ide boot drive from old winxp pro system after first removing
all the startup processes such as Norton anti virus,etc.

After checking bios stuff and all ok, tried a safe VGA boot to
Windows. Drivers loaded ok and system started to switch to
win gui. I then get a blue screen text message and system reboots.
Can't read message because It flashes too quick. I can't
find any boot log entries or system event messages.

I believe hardware ok because it boots DOS form old 98 boot floppy,
98 dos cd, and windows xp pre installation environment from a Super
Win PE cd.

I hesitate to burn all my bridges and screw around with reloading
xp from original xp cd over old system.

If anyone can tell me how to read the blue screen message,
maybe I could isolate the problem. Could missing hardware
such as SCSI controllers, etc cause a problem even on a SAFE
boot? TIA for your patience.

Elliott in New Jersey
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Elliott in New Jersey
 
Dave,

You can do a repair install, followed by reinstallation of the latest
service pack along with an update of all updates. Saves a lot of time, but
if you have a really stuffed up old XP install it is a good time - with
planning - to do a new install. BTW: XP doesn't get stuffed up like Win9x -
it has Windows File Protection.

- Tim
 
Are you sure? I thought that it was possible to do a repair from the
Recovery Console, possibly with a re-activation.

If the new mobo requires for example USB2 drivers, using a pre-SP1 version
of XP will cause stop errors. To stop the automatic re-boot try getting
into Safe Mode then right click on My Computer | Properties from the drop
down menu | the Advanced tab | Startup and Recovery section - click on the
Settings button | uncheck the Automatic Restart box. If that doesn't work a
command line with shutdown -a may work.

John
 
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