Upgraded Motherboard, Windows can't start up

  • Thread starter Thread starter Chris Lanier
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I had a fried northbride on my old soyo dragon
motherboard (kt400) for an AMD athlon xp 2400, so i
bought a new gigabyte motherboard with nforce2 ultra 400
chipset and installed everything. The system boots, i can
access bios, but when i get to the screen where windows
should boot, it says new hardware has been installed,
then gives me the option to boot to safe mode, start
windows normally or use last good configuaration. I've
tried every one of these, none of them work. What should
I do?
 
Mark

During the initial installation XP configures itself to suit the hardware in
order to provide a more stable system. Because of this a major change in
hardware can cause problems.

**** If you have a XP installation CD ****

You should always back up any important files in advance of a hardware
change.

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).

*However, it is not designed to be a time-saving option.*

See following Knowledge Base article for details. Pay careful attention to
the possible loss of data links in the MS article and read all instructions
carefully. You should follow the 'Boot from XP CD' procedure.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=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 that are not included on your XP Installation CD, but you will
not need to re-install any applications.

Hope that helps
Pete
 
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