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Bryan
Swapped motherboards (new chipset), and now I can't get to
XP. It posts, but keeps restarting.
XP. It posts, but keeps restarting.
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Pete Baker
Hi Bryan
As I'm sure everyone will agree
Before making any hardware changes you should always back-up any important
files or
data and note any important settings.
XP configures itself to suit the hardware on installation, so after a major
hardware change such as the one you describe you must re-configure XP to
suit the new hardware.
**** If you have a retail XP install CD - ****
Many users, myself included, prefer to do a full clean install after major
hardware changes as you describe.
The alternative, and equally valid option, is the repair install (also known
as an In-Place Upgrade)
See following Knowledge Base article for details.
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
After doing this you may need to re-activate your installation of XP. If it
has been more than 120 days since you last re-activated you should be able
to activate over the internet, otherwise it will require a short phonecall.
After the repair install you will need to re-install any XP service packs
and updates, but you will not need to re-install any applications.
Hope that helps
Pete
As I'm sure everyone will agree
Before making any hardware changes you should always back-up any important
files or
data and note any important settings.
XP configures itself to suit the hardware on installation, so after a major
hardware change such as the one you describe you must re-configure XP to
suit the new hardware.
**** If you have a retail XP install CD - ****
Many users, myself included, prefer to do a full clean install after major
hardware changes as you describe.
The alternative, and equally valid option, is the repair install (also known
as an In-Place Upgrade)
See following Knowledge Base article for details.
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
After doing this you may need to re-activate your installation of XP. If it
has been more than 120 days since you last re-activated you should be able
to activate over the internet, otherwise it will require a short phonecall.
After the repair install you will need to re-install any XP service packs
and updates, but you will not need to re-install any applications.
Hope that helps
Pete
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Bob Day
Bryan said:Swapped motherboards (new chipset), and now I can't get to
XP. It posts, but keeps restarting.
Boot your XP CD and try a repair install. Post back
here for instructions if you don't know how to do
that. Note: There are no guarantees about repair installs,
but in my experience they are more likely to work than not.
-- Bob Day
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Keith Mays
Put your XP disc in, restart and the during install when
Xp setup is doing a system check it will psot that a
previous Xp has been detected and ask if you want to
repair it. choose yes and this should fix your problem.
You must wait until you get to the install portion of Xp
as there is another repair section initially that you do
not want to use.
Xp setup is doing a system check it will psot that a
previous Xp has been detected and ask if you want to
repair it. choose yes and this should fix your problem.
You must wait until you get to the install portion of Xp
as there is another repair section initially that you do
not want to use.