Martint Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Ok, well my mobo recently got fried so I had to beg my parents to buy a new one, which means new cpu..ps..case.Ok, now when everything was setup, and when i turned on the pc..a screen came up (start windows in safe mode, safe...with networking...safe...with command promt or start windows normaly. i click start windows normally, but it willl just reboot and take me to the same options again.So i thought it was a driver issue.But the thing is..I cant install my new drivers unless I boot into Windows, but I cant boot into windows unless I install my drivers.Ok..So..I got a friends XP cd, and installed XP on my OLD HD and everything is good.But now...here's my problem. I have all my programs on my NEW HD.Now, heres my issue.Is there any way I can install the drivers into my NEW HD, although i'm using my OLD HD?the Driver CD automatically installs to C:\..yuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 before this gets too complicated, did you try to start the computer in safe mode from teh new hdd? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Yupp..and it just restarts my computerinfinite loop Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sceeter32 Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Did you try window repair concole yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 that was my next suggestion Sceeter. lets try the simple routes before going the harder ones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Well, Nothing is at fault with my Windows.It's a Driver issue, now I am very positive.But I cant install the drivers to my NEW HD, cause the driver CD and the driver zip's from the website both dont give me an option to install it anywhere. It automatically installs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Is your new HDD listed as drive C or something else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I also got thinking, most of your drivers that your mobo would use are in Windows, Therefore, using the repair console would solve this issue.your saying it's a driver problem. however unless you are using 3rd party drivers, like for a SATA hdd, then all the drivers make this a windows problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I need to think these things through on one post, I just remembered, when I had to replace my mobo, I ended up with the same problems you have. my Linux install had no issues, but I had to reinstall the drivers using the recovery console. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 my NEW HD (current slave) is D and E (partitioned)I tried Ubtunu install, and Ubuntu didnt recongize my on board lan.so no internetHow do you install drivers via recovery console? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 it's the same process as using it to recover windows, it will do it automatically.I also recommend that you disconnect the old HDD that you are using so it doesn't get confused as to which isntall to fix. just make sure your cable is set properly to recognize the new HDD as primary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 You have to either do a repair or fresh install when changing to a different motherboard on a PC running XP. The computer cannot boot up with the previous XP install due to incompatible drivers.Replace Motherboard on a Windows XP System Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Well, thanks for the answers guys.*sigh*this will be a long....long..day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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