- Upgrade motherboard and CPU
- Posted by itche_scratche on August 4th, 2003
I installed a new window XP professional version on my
build PC couple month ago, now I upgrade it with the new
mother board and new CPU. Window won't let me boot up, is
it because of MPA??? Do I need to reinstall the window??
What can i do so that I'm not losing data in my hard drive?
Thanks a head for all your help
itche scratche
- Posted by Sharon F on August 4th, 2003
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:15:27 -0700, itche_scratche wrote:
More of a hardware issue than a WPA issue.
You've changed a major piece of hardware - the foundation of your system.
Just about every piece of hardware attached to your system has to interact
with that board. Your current XP only knows about the old motherboard and
has not yet been configured to work with the new one. A repair install will
adjust the XP setup and reenumerate all of the hardware in the process. The
following two sites have good writeups about the repair process:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
After the repair install completes, you will probably be prompted to
Activate again. Wait until you have all of your hardware devices attached
and working again. If the activation won't go through via the internet,
follow the on screen directions for calling in. If you get a live person
instead of an activation phone menu, simply tell the person you've changed
your motherboard, reinstalled and need to activate again.
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Sharon F
MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User
- Posted by itche scratche on August 4th, 2003
Thanks,
Another question, will I loose all the data I have in the
disk?
- Posted by Sharon F on August 5th, 2003
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:52:07 -0700, itche scratche wrote:
If you have an XP CD that can perform the repair setup (all retail CDs and
some OEM CDs), you *shouldn't* lose any data. No guarantees but the repair
is designed to do just that - repair the existing setup, leaving installed
programs and personal data alone.
Since there are "no guarantees" it is always wise to back up what you can
in case the repair install fails. Under the present circumstances (no
bootup due to major hardware change), you may not be able to take advantage
of the safety net that a data backup would normally provide.
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Sharon F
MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User
