Desktop will not fully boot.

[mrbojangles9211]

My computer will not fully boot. I recently upgraded to all the compnents in my sig below. I removed two GB of the ram and I got it to post to the bios screen. It will also start to load windows for about 5 seconds, before blinking a blue error screen for only a split second and restarting. I am using my existing hdd from my old motherboard and Pentium D. I am also running XP 32 Pro at the moment. I am guessing this is my main problem. Thank you for any help!

 

[codeman0013]

You cannot use the same hdd from the old pc without formatting the harddrive.. Different mobo different hardware = confused and automatically shutting down windows. You have to totally start from scratch wipe that drive and reinstall windows and then you will be able to access it..

 

[pies]

You can try a repair install if it gives you the option.

 

[mrbojangles9211]

I tried the repair install and no luck, so I guess I get to clean sweep it : ( Oh well

 

[codeman0013]

repair installs wont fix the drivers and different motherboard and processor you have to do a total clean install unfortuinately sorry...

 

[mrbojangles9211]

Well I guess there are worst things in life than having to reload all my games lol.

 

[voyagerfan99]

Majorly.
Like losing all your photos, movies, and important documents because windows won't boot.

Thank God for Linux LiveCD NTFS read/Write capability!

 

[mrbojangles9211]

Yeah, I just need to re-install my old setup and pull anything off I need, no biggie I guess just more of a pain. I think Linux is amazing, unfortunately I have not had the time to really mess around with it and thus I don't want to run it yet.

 

[mrbojangles9211]

Just to close it up I reinstalled XP and everything is running awesome.