Upgraded system not booting

[Psycho Savager]

I've upgraded a PC's motherboard, processor, PSU and RAM, and it's not booting to Windows. It gets as far as recognising the Hard Drive and asks if I want to Star t Windows Normally or in Safe Mode. If I select either, it simply resets itself.

What's the problem?

 

[obsidian86]

you gonna have to format and do an O.s reinstall generally the case with a mobo swop

 

[capt_taco]

you gonna have to format and do an O.s reinstall generally the case with a mobo swop

^^ This.

Putting an existing hard drive onto a new motherboard almost inevitably leads to trouble. Drivers and settings from the old motherboard remain and basically can't be fixed without wiping the system.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

As others have said....need fresh install.

 

[Psycho Savager]

Is there any way to reformat the hard drive from the BIOS?

 

[Hard Line]

no there isn't way to do that, however all you need to do is put the cd in the cd drive, and boot to it.. and follow the on screen instructions

 

[Paperdoc]

As Hard Line said, the Install process can be used to wipe out all previous Partitions on your old HDD, create a new Primary Partition and format it for you before installing. No prior extra work necessary.