Recent content by nickmuzz

Yup, more info would have been better! Its a motherboard upgrade to a different chipset so at moment cant even get in to XP in safe mode.

After a recent major upgrade I want to reinstall XP to make everything work properly. Is it simply a case of bunging in the cd and reinstalling or are there many and dangerous pitfalls to all this?! (i especially dont want to lose all my data!!) Cheers

ahhh. showing my ignorance. i will tinker, thanks

Ok i have got on my hands and knees etc now and checked the old stuff. Old motherboard was an abit KT7A which is VIA KT133A /VIA 686B. Doesnt mean much to me but im hoping everyone else knows exactly what it means!!!

It was an older abit motherbaord so a similar chipset. It does the same reboot when i try and go in in safe mode... :(

Hi ya When replying please bare in mind i know a bit but not a lot!! I recently got a new motherboard (abit NF7) and processor (xp2500+) and have just installed it in my system. I have dual boot system, if i go in using win 98 no probs, but if i go in under XP the computer reboots... I would...

Hi ya When replying please bare in mind i know a bit but not a lot!! I recently got a new motherboard (abit NF7) and processor (xp2500+) and have just installed it in my system. I have dual boot system, if i go in using win 98 no probs, but if i go in under XP the computer reboots... I would...