New Motherboard Computer Won't Boot

[dave computer]

I installed a new motherboard a7v8x-x. The system post up and detects everythign correctly. However when the computer tries to load windows i get "We are sorry for the incovenince..... please select how to boot. These are the options windows normally, last known correct configuration, safe mode, command prompt.... No mater what I pick the computer tries to load windows but then restarts. I running windows xp.

[John Prophet]

ahhhh...is this a new install of windows or did you just put a new motherboard in and try to boot off the old wndows install?

Usually it wont work to just slap a new motherboard in....you need to do a 'repair install".....what you can try is to boot off the XP Cd.....dont do the first "R" (recovery console)...but go ahead and choose to install windows..it will search and find your current windows install and you select "repair this windows install"...(or whatever the correct wording is)

JP

[dave computer]

I just put the motherboard in and tried to boot off my old install. I'll do the repair this windows installs. Seems like it would be the problem.

[John Prophet]

oh yeah....99% of the time it just wont boot like that....too many conflicts etc....in the Win98/ME days you would just boot into safe mode and delete a certain registry key to make it re-detect all the hardware but WinXP is different....but some people have reported succes with the "repair install" method.

JP