Win XP Home and a new P4 MB problems

I have a new system I just put together. ASUS P4S8X motherboard Intel 2AGhz CPU and 512mb. I pulled my Hard Drive from my P3 and installed it into the P4 and now when I boot up I will see the screen saying Windows XP Home and then a flash of a blue screen ( screen is too fast for me to read ) and the system reboots. The system reboots everytime even if I try safe mode or any other option. I put the Hard Drive back into my P3 and it boots just fine. Any help will be greatly appreceated...

Thanks,
John...

 

With a repair will I lose all the information on the HD. I don't understand why Win xp won't boot with the P4 and will work just fine with the P3.

Is there any way of setting up XP so when I remove it and put it back into the P4 it will work then. I read in one of the searches that you can remove everything in device manager and then reboot the computer and have XP reinstall everything. Did I read this correctly?

Thanks,
John...

 

Hi Deja.

Someone else was doing this. Check:

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?postid=65264#post65264

You'll need to boot from a floppy, reinstall XP and everything should work ok.

Here's the problem. Your XP is set to load and run the drivers for the old screen card, along with chipset drivers, etc. When you put it in the new computer it's trying to run everything with drivers for the old computer. Sometimes you're lucky and it simply detects the new equipment and asks for the drivers, sometimes it doesn't and just quits.

Once you boot from a floppy and reload XP you shouldn't put it back in the old computer. The same thing might happen.

Arie's right, you shouldn't lose any of your shortcuts or data. You just have to address the question of new drivers and the best way (only way at this point) is to reload XP or backup and do a completely new installation of everything.

 

Is there a way to fix this problem without reinstalling? I am having the same issue with a P4 upgrade, and my windows installation keeps freezing....

 

Hi trout0mask.

I would seriously doubt if there is a way to fix it without reloading. Windows has a multitude of Data Link Libraries (DLL's) and various drivers (windows drivers and supplied drivers) loaded for that particular motherboard and cpu. Also if you have a new graphics card or one built into the motherboard the drivers would be different.

Windows is trying to make the system do things it isn't designed to do with the new setup. It's sending out strobe signals and waiting for specific data and it ain't happening.

Reloading Windows shouldn't take but about an hour and everything should come up running just like before but with drivers for the new setup. You shouldn't lose any data. The old drivers will still be on the hard drive but won't be used. They don't take up much space and will be deleted the next time you reload everything.

When I do an upgrade and the system comes up running fine I always reload Windows anyway just to be sure. Saves problems down the road.

 

Thanks everyone for the Replys. Sorry it has taken me so long to reply. The system has been down for a couple of days now. But I have it working again. The repair wouldn't work for me, I couldn't get my keyboard or mouse to work. So I called the Tech Support where the motherboard came from and they told me to do a fresh install they said repair will not work with a new MB and XP Home. So I did just that and all my data is on the HD's but not configured with XP. Is there away to get all my settings back - I'm guessing not but if there is away Please let me know. Thanks again for replying.

John...

 

If you had to do a fresh install of XP, you will need to reinstall all your applications again before they will work.

 

Hi.

I'm a little puzzled why a "fresh" install was required. If you had "reinstalled" I think it would have picked up the new hardware and all your other programs that were installed. Something doesn't quite make sense. I've "reinstalled" quite a few times with no problems even when the system wouldn't boot after a massive hardware change.

Oh well. Just root through your programs on CDs and on the hard drive and reinstall everything. Before you do, I would try to back up whatever you can on another part of the hard drive. Make a directory and copy everything there if you have room.

Newt said it best.

 

I was told by the Techs that all the drivers and DLL's were the problem. Windows wants to load the old ones and the new hardware on the MB will not work and will cause a crash or lock up. What was happening when I would try and do a reinstall was I had no keyboard or mouse when Windows loaded and with out them there was nothing I could do. So I am at this point reinstalling all my software But the computer is working again so I am happy about that Thanks again...

John...

 

Ahhh. I understand. Thank you for the explanation. Might I suggest another way if it should happen in the future.

When you change out a motherboard always boot from a floppy and into DOS. Pickup a boot floppy that installs your cdrom. Run windows install from the cdrom. It will overlay the current installed copy of Windows and pickup all your settings. It is not necessary to boot into Windows in order to install Windows. The same procedure if the hard disk was just formatted and is completely blank.

Essentially you're RE-installing Windows over the top of the previous installation. In that instance all the registry settings, etc., are retained.

Forgot to mention. When it re-installs, it will pick up your new hardware and just ignore installed drivers for your old hardware.