I am trying to move an 80GB hard drive (Windows XP home) from one PC box to another. The motherboard it is being moved to is newer and has a faster chip. Booting this is giving me a paging error that reboots each time it hits the error. I see the Windows XP splash screen - this displays slowly, brightening in stages. The error blinks on the screen - then the PC resets and it starts over again.

I tried something. I found a smaller hard drive that had Win98Se on it and had no problems that resembled what I am getting with the 80GB. I couldn't swap the memory - none of the same kind around the house. I did switch out the video card but that didn't seem to make any difference either.

Any suggestions on how to proceed? I need the faster chip and can't understand why I'm getting the error.

Thanks.

just to be brief:

changing boards usually requires a re-installation of XP.

if you would like further links I will dig them up for you.

you could most likely do a repair install that would save your programs & settings.

I wasn't having success swapping the drive, so I put it back on its old board. Had to reinstall XP on that just to get it to be recognized on the old board.

Are you suggesting I boot from the CD and do a repair after I put it on the new board?

Thanks for the quick reply.

yes.

i quote this one post from the link at bottom:

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations
and licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard - check yours
before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the
one on which the 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

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this
point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the
OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as
picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch
style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K
before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to
accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On
installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This
is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much
more stable than the Win9x group.

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

This will also probably 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

new motherboard xp

Excellent! Thanks for solving the mystery! Happy New Year!

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