Mark L. Ferguson said:
Some Common reasons for this could be: 1) This is the most common reason.
The Operating System, in this case Windows XP does not have a driver for
the controller card that is being used in this system. this means that the
appropriate driver needs to be downloaded from the vendor's website and
placed on a floppy disk. During Setup you will need to hit the F6 key when
that option is presented during setup to load the driver.
www.highpoint-tech.com 2) Second most common reason This can be caused by
boot sector viruses. So make sure that the system is scanned for viruses
before starting the installation. 3) The volume could be corrupt and is
not readable. When it try's to read the volume it is not finding the data
on it or the data is illegible. 4) Post setup the registry may be
corrupted. 5) Drive Translation is being used that is not being
understood.
Loretta:
Well, we'll set aside (at this point-in-time) any driver issues or boot
sector viruses, etc. that may be causing your problem.
Since you're changing the motherboard (I'm assuming it's a different
motherboard than the original one - I'm not at all familiar with that ASUS
K8M-VM ) together with a new processor, in a sense you're building a new
computer even though I take it you'll be using the previously installed RAM,
same HDD, and perhaps one or more optical drives, and the same
graphics/video & sound cards (if present). Is that about it? And there were
no problems with the original system that prevented it from properly
functioning, right? And, if & when you're able to get to a Desktop, you will
have available any necessary drivers for whatever graphics/sound card(s)
that are installed, right? Including, of course, your motherboard's CD
containing any drivers needed by the MB.
I'm assuming you're using either a retail or consumer-OEM version of the XP
installation CD, rather than any eMachine OEM XP installation CD. Am I
correct about this?
Do I understand that you were *never* able to successfully undertake a
Repair install of the OS? That the system "rebooted" on its own before the
Repair install had concluded? So that you've *never* been able to boot to a
Desktop. Is that right?
(I'm assuming, of course, that you're using another functioning computer to
post your messages)
I suppose a fresh install of the XP OS isn't practical at this time since
you want to salvage the programs and your user-created data currently on the
installed 80 GB HDD, right? And I don't suppose you have another HDD at hand
where you could attempt a fresh install of the OS.
Did you try undertaking the Repair install a second or third time? It's
always worth a try in our experience.
Anna