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From: David B. on 8 Dec 2009 09:06 I can't imagine that's going to work to well, you can't boot Windows from USB. -- -- "Joe T." <JoeT(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:179E922B-6B2D-49F7-BEEF-C566E1B6B568(a)microsoft.com... > Well, it won't boot from CD to HD so I pulled the HD and put it in a > external > USB holder and now it's repairing. Still may have a problem though. I'll > see > when it gets one. Pray. > > "David B." wrote: > >> You need to perform a repair install due to the motherboard swap and hard >> drive controller change. If that's what your trying to do you need to >> change >> the boot order so your CD drive is before the hard drive. >> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> "Joe T." <JoeT(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:8219B21D-0148-41E8-A852-8EEDF75B9359(a)microsoft.com... >> >I put in my new board from an earlier post. I have the BIOS set to boot >> >order >> > as noted by http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#RI. >> > CD, HD, floppy. >> > I have the HD as master and CD as slave on my IDE cable. My HD is >> > jumped >> > as >> > master and CD as slave. It boots like this: >> > 1. BIOS Screen. Master and scondary identified. >> > 2. Next screen says "Sorry for the inconvience...etc with 3 options- >> > Safe >> > mode, command prompt, network or normal. >> > 3. Safe and normal choice just reboots and the cycle starts allover >> > again >> > with same results. >> > The only way I can get to the blue XP setup screen is to unplug my HD. >> > Only then will it read the CD. It will get to the repair option screen >> > but >> > what good will that do if my HD is unplugged? I exited, F3, because I >> > didn't >> > think it would do anything with the HD unplgged. Logic dictates if HD >> > is >> > unplugged, no data will be sent to HD. Right? >> > I even tried to put my board disk thinking it would load drivers then >> > be >> > able to do XP but no. >> > Suggestions please. >> >> . >>
From: Joe T. on 8 Dec 2009 14:36 Now the XP Pro SP2 retail version repair (NOT OEM) stalls at 32%. Ideas. See earlier posts below for background info. "Joe T." wrote: > Well, it won't boot from CD to HD so I pulled the HD and put it in a external > USB holder and now it's repairing. Still may have a problem though. I'll see > when it gets one. Pray. > > "David B." wrote: > > > You need to perform a repair install due to the motherboard swap and hard > > drive controller change. If that's what your trying to do you need to change > > the boot order so your CD drive is before the hard drive. > > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > "Joe T." <JoeT(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:8219B21D-0148-41E8-A852-8EEDF75B9359(a)microsoft.com... > > >I put in my new board from an earlier post. I have the BIOS set to boot > > >order > > > as noted by http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#RI. > > > CD, HD, floppy. > > > I have the HD as master and CD as slave on my IDE cable. My HD is jumped > > > as > > > master and CD as slave. It boots like this: > > > 1. BIOS Screen. Master and scondary identified. > > > 2. Next screen says "Sorry for the inconvience...etc with 3 options- Safe > > > mode, command prompt, network or normal. > > > 3. Safe and normal choice just reboots and the cycle starts allover again > > > with same results. > > > The only way I can get to the blue XP setup screen is to unplug my HD. > > > Only then will it read the CD. It will get to the repair option screen but > > > what good will that do if my HD is unplugged? I exited, F3, because I > > > didn't > > > think it would do anything with the HD unplgged. Logic dictates if HD is > > > unplugged, no data will be sent to HD. Right? > > > I even tried to put my board disk thinking it would load drivers then be > > > able to do XP but no. > > > Suggestions please. > > > > . > >
From: smlunatick on 11 Dec 2009 13:55
On Dec 8, 7:36 pm, Joe T. <J...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Now the XP Pro SP2 retail version repair (NOT OEM) stalls at 32%. Ideas. See > earlier posts below for background info. > > "Joe T." wrote: > > Well, it won't boot from CD to HD so I pulled the HD and put it in a external > > USB holder and now it's repairing. Still may have a problem though. I'll see > > when it gets one. Pray. > > > "David B." wrote: > > > > You need to perform a repair install due to the motherboard swap and hard > > > drive controller change. If that's what your trying to do you need to change > > > the boot order so your CD drive is before the hard drive. > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > "Joe T." <J...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > >news:8219B21D-0148-41E8-A852-8EEDF75B9359(a)microsoft.com... > > > >I put in my new board from an earlier post. I have the BIOS set to boot > > > >order > > > > as noted byhttp://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#RI.. > > > > CD, HD, floppy. > > > > I have the HD as master and CD as slave on my IDE cable. My HD is jumped > > > > as > > > > master and CD as slave. It boots like this: > > > > 1. BIOS Screen. Master and scondary identified. > > > > 2. Next screen says "Sorry for the inconvience...etc with 3 options- Safe > > > > mode, command prompt, network or normal. > > > > 3. Safe and normal choice just reboots and the cycle starts allover again > > > > with same results. > > > > The only way I can get to the blue XP setup screen is to unplug my HD. > > > > Only then will it read the CD. It will get to the repair option screen but > > > > what good will that do if my HD is unplugged? I exited, F3, because I > > > > didn't > > > > think it would do anything with the HD unplgged. Logic dictates if HD is > > > > unplugged, no data will be sent to HD. Right? > > > > I even tried to put my board disk thinking it would load drivers then be > > > > able to do XP but no. > > > > Suggestions please. > > > > . Windows XP will not set up onto most external hard drives. You can not use USB to repair the boot of XP. To correctly repair your existing XP is to separate the hard drive / CD and set both to master drive on two different IDE channels. However, new motherboards only have one IDE channel, which is usually reserved for the CD / DVD drives. |