windows wont boot

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i recently bought a new motherboard and when my computer turns on it used to
say:

invalid boot.ini
booting from C:\

the only problem is that it would not find my old hd (which was D: dont ask
me why)

i ran the recovery console and copied NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the cd and
now all it does is ask if i want to start windows in safe mode, safe mode
with networking, safe mode with command prompt, the last good settings, and
just start windows normally.

any ideas what to do? im stuck.

Thanks
Matt
 
Matthew Davis said:
i recently bought a new motherboard and when my computer turns on it used to
say:

invalid boot.ini
booting from C:\

the only problem is that it would not find my old hd (which was D: dont ask
me why)

i ran the recovery console and copied NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the cd and
now all it does is ask if i want to start windows in safe mode, safe mode
with networking, safe mode with command prompt, the last good settings, and
just start windows normally.

any ideas what to do? im stuck.

Thanks
Matt
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Tell it to start Windows normally. The selection menu will disappear
after the first boot.
 
Tell it to start Windows normally. The selection menu will disappear
after the first boot.
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ok i did that but now all it does is show Microsoft Windows XP and the blue
loading bar underneath, and then it blue screens and resets

matt
 
Matthew Davis said:
ok i did that but now all it does is show Microsoft Windows XP and the blue
loading bar underneath, and then it blue screens and resets

matt
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It is a little unclear from your post what exactly you did,
with there being at least three potential causes for your
problem:
- Upgrading your motherboard (WinXP won't like this)
- c:\boot.ini missing
- Windows getting moved from drive D: to drive C:
(can't do this).

Here are some links that addres the first issue.

How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware:
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q249694
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314082

In your case I would probably format the disk and re-install WinXP.
 
i think i fixed it. i reinstalled windows xp. i had all my important files
saved on another hd so everthing is alright. a little drastic but whatever.

thanks anyway
matt
 
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