Mainboard replaced, now can't use WinXP !?

[J741]

O.K. Here's the situation. Windows XP was working fine, then I had a system failure which I determined to be the motherboard. Now after installing a new motherboard I can not use Windows XP. It begins to boot, but comes to a BSOD indicating a STOP 0x7B message which is a failure accessing the boot device (according to the information I was able to find at

http://support.microsoft.com).

The information I found seems to indicated that I need to re-install the IDE controller drivers. Well, that's a given seeing as I've just replaced the entire motherboard! However, I can not boot into Safe mode either. So how the heck can I install the IDE controller drivers (and all the other motherboard resource drivers) If I can't get in to Windows XP in the first place !?

Someone suggested that I use the command "SYSPREP -CLEAN", but there is no option to boot to a command prompt, and the option for "Safe Mode With Command Prompt" has the same problematic result as every other boot method I've tried.

This is very frustrating!!

 

[linney]

You could perhaps try the recovery console and use the command "enable" to see if this will fix the driver problem. It is more likely that this however will only fix a driver or service which has been disabled or turned off and not one that has been uninstalled. If you knew your way around recovery console you could perhaps do some major surgery but it's a little used application and I can't advise you on that.

If that doesn't work you could try repairing windows itself by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade on a Windows XP-Based Computer (Q314112)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q314/1/12.asp

REPAIR WINDOWS

Boot from XP CD
(Windows will now load some temporary files)


Options after booting

*To Set Up Windows XP now press ENTER

*To Repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R

*To Quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3


Press ENTER for first option (don't select Recovery Console)
(Accept Eula agreement)

Follow onscreen instructions to repair windows installation




If that doesn't work it's format and re-install time.

 

[bigjeff314159]

linney-

the link in your post doesn't work, nor does the "q" number at mskb. here's the number for the article to which you referred:

Q315341

hope this helps.

 

[J741]

That worked. Thanks.

 

[linney]

For bigjeff314159 (TechnicalUser)

Thanks for fixing that up with the MSKB article they must have pulled the one I referred to. Here's what it said....



How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade on a Windows XP-Based Computer (Q314112)

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The information in this article applies to:


Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional


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SUMMARY
This article describes how to use the Windows XP Setup CD-ROM to perform an in-place upgrade over the existing installation.



MORE INFORMATION
Use the procedure in this article only as a last resort before you reinstall the operating system. Note that the time required to complete the following procedure is equal to the time that it takes to reinstall the operating system.

To perform an in-place upgrade of Windows XP:

Insert the Windows XP Setup CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, start the computer, and then press ENTER to select the first option screen to install a copy of Windows XP.


Click Accept .


Setup detects your installation.

NOTE : If Setup does not detect a previous installation but continues to the partitioning window, there is a problem. An in-place upgrade may not be possible on your computer.


When you are prompted to repair the existing Windows XP installation, press R . Windows XP Setup performs an in-place upgrade of the existing installation. Note that you might lose some of your customized settings.




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Published Jan 31 2002 10:32AM Issue Type kbinfo

 

[Astatic]

MOBO replaced with a different Chipset!
Reformat,reinstall is a must...the rest useless if u want a stable system...

only if its the exact same MOBO youve replaced try to
repair with the XP CD!

greez...

 

[jasonwichman]

**************FYI**************

New MOBO + previous version of XP installed = reformat and reload, NO EXCEPTIONS!

This is one of XP's "security" features. There is nothing you can do besides reload the OS. I have read several articles and tried it out several times to see if I can get it to work.

http://www.extremetech.com

will have more information about this, if you care to read before you have to reload! Jason Wichman

http://jasonwichman.ath.cx:81

ftp://jwichman.ath.cx:22

 

[jeremybarker]

Would running a sysprep before swapping out the mobo work? Using ghost w/ xp it has no problems transfering to different computers, as long as a sysprep is performed.

 

[jasonwichman]

Ghost is different. That you can do if you make an image. That I have got to work, but just booting and hoping XP recognized the new MOBO, is no luck. Microsoft theory on this is that you can swap HD's easy, but not MOBO's, so the new MOBO is in a new PC, therefore causing the licence agreement infringement. Good thinking, but lacks logic in cases like this. Jason Wichman

http://jasonwichman.ath.cx:81

ftp://jwichman.ath.cx:22