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[G4life98]

im trying to move an existing winxp pro install to a new mobo and i cant get it to boot for the life of me...

the mobo works, im using it with a spare hd i had around, so i know its xp causing trouble.

please help

 

[XMonkey]

Ooo...moving to a new motherboard with the same install of XP is a big no-no. Formatting would be your best option.

 

[Manabanana]

If you have 2 HDs, move the files you want to keep to one and format the other. Easy squeezy.

 

[ElyrionX]

Try booting up with a WinXP Pro disc and see if you can repair the installation..........

 

[G4life98]

Try booting up with a WinXP Pro disc and see if you can repair the installation..........

i tried that and it keeps pointing to the wrong drive letter...my install drive is e: and the repair always points to c:

 

[Shogmaster]

Dude, just cut the crap and format and reinstall the e partition. Goddamn lazy bastards....

 

[DaCocoBrova]

That's not smart at all... Re-install. Start fresh. Mobo drivers are important.

 

[teh_pwn]

format.

even if it did work, window's is going to detect like 20 new devices and run like shit.

 

[Phoenix]

You need new kernel drivers to handle the IO. Windows is going to act very stupid if you don't format clean. As a rule, its usually a good idea to have two drives (or at least 2 drive partitions) when dealing with any OS. One for the OS, and the other for your applications and data. Then if you want to upgrade, you only need to update the OS partition.... this works better on OS X than it does in Windows because Installshield and company tend to litter files all over your drive so you sometimes have to reinstall a lot of apps (OS X applications are one file 'bundles' so you don't have to deal with this or the registry), but keeping your data seperate from the OS is something you should aspire to.