Please Help!!!

paratwa · 11-12-2007, 02:20 AM

It's more the fact that you changed your motherboard. HP does what is called Tattoing the motherboard. It's a code that's either in the motherboards bio's or somewhere on the mother board that your recovery disk looks for. If the disk does not see that code, it will not install.

That way HP can keep people from installing that disk on more than one system.

Here is a link to a forum that is talking about this.
http://www.geek.com/forums/topic.php...0&page&rfp=dta

It is also called bio's locked. Meaning the recovery cd is locked the the original bio's on the system.

You are probably going to have to buy a new copy of windows.

paratwa · 11-12-2007, 02:22 AM

I am also guessing that when you put the new motherboard in you did not reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows before starting it up the first time, if so that can cause all kinds of driver issues. Any time you change a motherboard to one that has a different set of chipsets, then you need to reformat and reinstall windows.

jamesjames · 11-12-2007, 02:50 AM

thanks for your help, looks like i will be buying a new os. To prepare my hardrive for a new os install I should format it in my friends comp just by right clicking and selecting format right?

paratwa · 11-12-2007, 03:28 AM

The best way is to buy the copy of your OS and just put in the drive. It will ask you if you want to reformat.

jamesjames · 11-14-2007, 11:06 PM

well, my mce disk wouldn't work, the vista xpress upgrade wouldn't work, so i just but a new oem of vista premium 64bit. Everything is working fine now and thanks for all your help

paratwa · 12-05-2007, 01:30 AM

I think I found a solution to this, I know it's to late, but I am going to share it with you.

I just ran into the 0x000007b problem, and this is what was wrong.
When setting up a newer system with a sata drive especially with XP or 2000, you need to go into the bios and under Intergrated Peripherals and OnChip SATA type, you need to make sure that Native IDE is selected, If you are installing ME or 98 you need to select Legacy IDE.

The selection AHCI seems to be for vista only.

I am setting a Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 up with XP and I ran into the error. Once I selected Native IDE it worked.

This is mostly for everyones information encase you run into this same problem.

The reason Vista worked for you was that SATA is natively on the OS, while XP, 2000, ME and 98 are not.

12-05-2007, 01:30 AM	#36 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,969	I think I found a solution to this, I know it's to late, but I am going to share it with you. I just ran into the 0x000007b problem, and this is what was wrong. When setting up a newer system with a sata drive especially with XP or 2000, you need to go into the bios and under Intergrated Peripherals and OnChip SATA type, you need to make sure that Native IDE is selected, If you are installing ME or 98 you need to select Legacy IDE. The selection AHCI seems to be for vista only. I am setting a Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 up with XP and I ran into the error. Once I selected Native IDE it worked. This is mostly for everyones information encase you run into this same problem. The reason Vista worked for you was that SATA is natively on the OS, while XP, 2000, ME and 98 are not. Last edited by paratwa; 12-05-2007 at 01:34 AM.

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11-12-2007, 02:20 AM	#31 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,969	It's more the fact that you changed your motherboard. HP does what is called Tattoing the motherboard. It's a code that's either in the motherboards bio's or somewhere on the mother board that your recovery disk looks for. If the disk does not see that code, it will not install. That way HP can keep people from installing that disk on more than one system. Here is a link to a forum that is talking about this. http://www.geek.com/forums/topic.php...0&page&rfp=dta It is also called bio's locked. Meaning the recovery cd is locked the the original bio's on the system. You are probably going to have to buy a new copy of windows.

11-12-2007, 02:22 AM	#32 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,969	I am also guessing that when you put the new motherboard in you did not reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows before starting it up the first time, if so that can cause all kinds of driver issues. Any time you change a motherboard to one that has a different set of chipsets, then you need to reformat and reinstall windows.

11-12-2007, 02:50 AM	#33 (permalink)
jamesjames Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 90	thanks for your help, looks like i will be buying a new os. To prepare my hardrive for a new os install I should format it in my friends comp just by right clicking and selecting format right?

11-12-2007, 03:28 AM	#34 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,969	The best way is to buy the copy of your OS and just put in the drive. It will ask you if you want to reformat.

11-14-2007, 11:06 PM	#35 (permalink)
jamesjames Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 90	well, my mce disk wouldn't work, the vista xpress upgrade wouldn't work, so i just but a new oem of vista premium 64bit. Everything is working fine now and thanks for all your help