New motherboard installed & PC won't boot up XP

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I have replaced my P3 motherboard with an AMD 2500+ XP
motherboard, which installed OK but I can't now load
windows? The primary drive is visible in the BIOS
settings but it won't load from it.
Is it possible to just change the motherboards (from
Intel to AMD) and expect the PC to re-boot again or do I
have to reformat the drive and reload XP?

thanks,

David

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

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/direc [...] US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also require re-activation, unless you have a Volume
Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. 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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"David" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a23c01c43557$8a80f2f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I have replaced my P3 motherboard with an AMD 2500+ XP
> motherboard, which installed OK but I can't now load
> windows? The primary drive is visible in the BIOS
> settings but it won't load from it.
> Is it possible to just change the motherboards (from
> Intel to AMD) and expect the PC to re-boot again or do I
> have to reformat the drive and reload XP?
>
> thanks,
>
> David

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Many thanks to Bruce, Richard & Shenan who all solved my
problem by making me aware of an 'in-place' XP upgrade -
why don't retailers make us aware of this requirement
before we buy, would save a lot of worry!
>-----Original Message-----
>I have replaced my P3 motherboard with an AMD 2500+ XP
>motherboard, which installed OK but I can't now load
>windows? The primary drive is visible in the BIOS
>settings but it won't load from it.
>Is it possible to just change the motherboards (from
>Intel to AMD) and expect the PC to re-boot again or do I
>have to reformat the drive and reload XP?
>
>thanks,
>
>David
>.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

David wrote:
> I have replaced my P3 motherboard with an AMD 2500+ XP
> motherboard, which installed OK but I can't now load
> windows? The primary drive is visible in the BIOS
> settings but it won't load from it.
> Is it possible to just change the motherboards (from
> Intel to AMD) and expect the PC to re-boot again or do I
> have to reformat the drive and reload XP?

David wrote:
> Many thanks to Bruce, Richard & Shenan who all solved my
> problem by making me aware of an 'in-place' XP upgrade -
> why don't retailers make us aware of this requirement
> before we buy, would save a lot of worry!

True enough, there should be more than a pamphlet with Windows XP in my
opinion. A lot of people are just not comfortable with the online help
thing quite yet. =)

Glad you figured it out, more than happy to help!

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<- Shenan ->
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