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My motherboard has failed in an hp tower. I have replaced
the motherboard and processor and now XP does not function at all. It hangs on boot and goes no further. Is there a work around for this as my restore disks do not recognize this motherboard and processor. Please email me if you have a fix. Dave |
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Unless you replace the motherboard with an exact HP duplicate,
your HP Restore CD will not recognize it. All you can do is go out and purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP and perform a "Repair Install". Your HP Windows XP license is no longer valid when you deviate from the originally HP installed hardware. Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm [Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens] -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " wrote in message: ... | My motherboard has failed in an hp tower. I have replaced | the motherboard and processor and now XP does not function | at all. It hangs on boot and goes no further. Is there a | work around for this as my restore disks do not recognize | this motherboard and processor. Please email me if you | have a fix. | Dave |
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wrote in message ... | My motherboard has failed in an hp tower. I have replaced | the motherboard and processor and now XP does not function | at all. It hangs on boot and goes no further. Is there a | work around for this as my restore disks do not recognize | this motherboard and processor. Please email me if you | have a fix. | Dave Hi Dave - You have a problem in that your original XP installation was "married" as an OEM release to the original hardware. Changing the motherboard and processor will cause it to no longer boot because XP's Hardware Abstraction Layer no longer matches your hardware. The only way around your predicament: a new Retail Release (from Microsoft) of Windows XP, Home or Pro, either installed "Clean" (wiping out the contents of the partition where XP is installed) or, at a minimum, a "Repair" (where your applications and personal files and settings are retained). Read around in this newsgroup for posts on how to perform a Repair Install. Sorry for the bad news. Jef |
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Buy a retail XP CD or buy a replacement mobo from HP. But
it will be old tech with all the limitations of HP OEM software. Do an upgrade install, and your data should still be intact. " wrote in message ... | My motherboard has failed in an hp tower. I have replaced | the motherboard and processor and now XP does not function | at all. It hangs on boot and goes no further. Is there a | work around for this as my restore disks do not recognize | this motherboard and processor. Please email me if you | have a fix. | Dave |
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Greetings --
Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard), unless your motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the other WinXP installation was originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least: How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341 As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any important data before starting. This will also require re-activation. If it's been more than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to activate via the internet without problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call. Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH " wrote in message ... My motherboard has failed in an hp tower. I have replaced the motherboard and processor and now XP does not function at all. It hangs on boot and goes no further. Is there a work around for this as my restore disks do not recognize this motherboard and processor. Please email me if you have a fix. Dave |
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