XP

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

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is no longer valid when you deviate from the originally HP installed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!
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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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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

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.


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wrote in message
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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

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
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wrote in message
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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