how do you get xp to load so you can reactivate it?

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~Aart

Hi,

I just finished building a system for a friend whose mobo went south. It's
all his old stuff, along with 3 new things: Gigabyte mobo replacing ASSA
mobo, AMD 2.4 XP replacing AMD 1.2, and DDR 336 memory replacing PC 133.
The problem is I get to a screen that says boot to: and it lists options of
last known good, safe, normal, etc.
But, no matter which one I pick, it starts to load and then reboots the
system.
I heard that you call Microsoft to reactivate if you do a mobo swap, but
what good will that do, if all it does is reboot?

TIA

Aart
 
You need to run the setup from the cd and repair the installation of XP.
Change the mobo and 95% of the time you gotta do this ...
 
~Aart said:
Hi,

I just finished building a system for a friend whose mobo went south. It's
all his old stuff, along with 3 new things: Gigabyte mobo replacing ASSA
mobo, AMD 2.4 XP replacing AMD 1.2, and DDR 336 memory replacing PC 133.
The problem is I get to a screen that says boot to: and it lists options of
last known good, safe, normal, etc.
But, no matter which one I pick, it starts to load and then reboots the
system.
I heard that you call Microsoft to reactivate if you do a mobo swap, but
what good will that do, if all it does is reboot?

TIA

Aart
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Boot from the XP cd. Choose the options as though you were going to
install the operating system (do NOT select repair console). When it
detects the previous installation of XP, it'll ask you if you want to
reinstall or repair it or seomthing very similarly worded. Do that. If
on the first boot after that it asks you to reregister, you can do that
by phone (it's all automated, even works fine here in Australia).

HTH,

Ari
 
HI Ari,
Boot from the XP cd. Choose the options as though you were going to
install the operating system (do NOT select repair console). When it
detects the previous installation of XP, it'll ask you if you want to
reinstall or repair it or seomthing very similarly worded.
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I'm not getting that option. It only has 3 options for me,
install to a new folder, install over the existing one, or exit.
I borrowed a neighbors XP Home disk to see if it offers the
repair option you mentioned but it doesn't either. Just the 3
I listed.
maybe things are different in Australia.

Thanks,
Aart
 
Sometime on, or about Mon, 17 May 2004 22:31:16 -0400, ~Aart
scribbled:
HI Ari,


I'm not getting that option. It only has 3 options for me,
install to a new folder, install over the existing one, or exit.
I borrowed a neighbors XP Home disk to see if it offers the
repair option you mentioned but it doesn't either. Just the 3
I listed.
maybe things are different in Australia.

Thanks,
Aart
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It sounds almost like you're using a re-install disk from a commercial
PC (like Dell). They do limit your options. Are you using an original
Windows XP disk? I don't know why the Australian version would be that
much different.

Sam
 
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