old hard drive, new MB &CPU, No Boot

[kdca]

Placed my old 80 gig WD drive on a new Asus P4c800-e MB with p4 2.8. It has WinXP Pro installed and won't boot. It asks to boot normally, last know good config, etc, but every selection fails to boot OS and just reboots the machine. Any suggestions on how to get past this? Thanks

 

[braddds]

I could be wrong but doesn't XP have a problem if too many device changes occur...

I mean wouldn't the OS think that it has been installed into another machine...and since you dropped the HD onto a new MB and CPU, possibly new ram, etc...XP would see the changes and refuse to boot! If this is the case then isn't this an infringement on the EULA (licience...license..li..or however you spell it)? At the very least it would have a problem with the new hardware and require a repair/re-install!? Unlike Win9x, NT isn't as flexible when it comes to situations like this...or so I've been told!

You may have to have to phone Microsoft to get another activation code, or some such animal.

Cheers

 

[paparazi]

Reactivation of HOME XP maybe a problem once you manage to get the new setup up and running, but the reason for the non boot now is that your XP installation has all the old driver setups from your mainboard and CPU etc.
A clean install is always recommended when such major hardware changes take place.
I know it's a pain starting from scratch but you will be glad you did it this way in the long run.
Martin

Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[heresahandle]

I remember hearing about the point that braddds made. I would check with Microsoft before you format. It certainly couldn't hurt.

It may be as simple as re-activating your product.

 

[FredWagner]

Not that simple - NT, then W2K, and now XP use a hardware abstraction layer - HAL - you've just transplanted the drive to an entirely new motherboard and video - that's a very radical change in the hardware. My bet is that you need to do a complete re-install - on the current drive, or a fresh one.

Fred Wagner
frwagne@longbeach.gov

 

[Jontmke]

These guys are correct, do a reinstall of XP. To make it easier, leave all the pci and usb devices disconnected, then add them and their drivers after the install is done.

Hint: Boot off the cd, do not choose the first "R" choice, that is the recovery console, but DO chose the second. That is an "inplace upgrade". You will have to do the service pack and all the windows updates though.

Jon

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