switching mobo

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jared46

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ok, my amd processor failed a while back. all my other pcs (parts) have pentiums. so i had the master plan of sticking my hd into one of my other towers. problem is when i try to boot it up it wants windows 98. is there a way to get around that or what do i need to do?
windows xp on my hd, the other pc had windows 98 on it most recently
 
i'm only using the one hd and the jumper is on cs
my brother says that the bios on the mobo i'm trying to put the hd in are for windows 98 and that's why it doesn't work. we took the cmos battery out and put it back, i don't know if that would do anything but it didn't help
 
I'm not sure I totally understand your question then. The bios has no say so as to what OS your computer boots to. You have a boot sector on your drive. Basically whatever it's set to(and/or whatever partition is set active) is what OS it'll boot to.

Um...sorry I can't be of more help... Maybe if you could clearify the question or someone else will have a better idea of what you're trying to ask...
 
lol i'm sorry i know i'm not explaining this in the best way, we just turned it on and wrote down everything. here goes
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 release 6.0
Dell Dimension XPS T700r
BIOS Version A08
Intel Pentium III processor 700 Mhz
640Mb System Ram passed
Legacy USB...Enabled
System Configuration Data Updated
ERROR
0271: Check Date and Time Setting
(Esc) to Resume (Del) to enter Setup

[after hitting Esc....next screen is]

Windows did not start successfully blah blah power failure blah improperly blah
[then it gives you options or autostarts normally]
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Last Known Good Configuration

Start Normally

[after selecting safe mode....next screen starts loading partitions but freezes at multi(0)dbk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\drivers\mup.sys]

[after selecting Last Known good config it goes to a black screen and freezes]

[after selecting Start Normally it freezes immediately on that screen]

basically i'm just putting my hd from my newer but broken pc into this older but last known to be functional pc.
 
So you're trying to boot off a hard drive you've taken out of the other PC? It's not quite that easy. The easiest way around it is to insert the XP CD, boot off it, and run a repair reinstall.
 
im also a bit confused, you say your only using one HDD and its trying to start windows 98 but you want it to boot XP? So which operating system do you have?
 
Sounds like he has windows 98 on an old hd and installed it in another computer. Upon boot its asking for the 98 boot disk. Depending on what build you have if you insert the win 98 boot disk you may have to re-activate or bsod. Stick the disk in and see what happens, or buy another cpu for the other computer. After you get the hardware problems/drivers right you may be able to upgrade to xp.
 
haha, your HD has the all the drivers from the other PC on it. So that means your windows is configured to the drivers of the old computer that your HDD was in. What you need to do is, back up your HDD which you should have already done. If not, you need to reformat because you wont be able to get into windows. The other option would be to connect that HDD to another HDD in working PC, then download a driver uninstaller. Then either download the drivers for the PC you want to get working, and manually put them into the HDD. I know, waiste of time, right? I think you should take whatever you need off of the HDD and then reformat and reinstall. If anyones got a better explanation, then listen to them. Im no expert but I have done what your talking about before. Is your HDD partitioned? Because then you could install windows on another partition and you would still have all your data except for programs that are configured to the original computer. Or you could try and run a repair. If you wanna do that.. go into your CMOS BIOS and change the boot order to CD-Drive first and then HDD. Put the windows disc in and then follow the directions for repair. Good Luck.
 
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