CONFIGMG Problem (or "MICROSOFT SUCKS!)

[luisfreak]

Hello everybody. I hope some of you can help me with this problem:

I recently made a major upgrade to our home computer (this included a Motherboard update). Previously, the computer had Windows ME installed. I decided to install Windows 2000 in a different partition and have a dual boot system. But I find myself unable to recover the Windows ME install and make it work with the new Motherboard. I have tried everything except formatting the partition and doing a clean install (which at the moment it is out of the question, because my wife has some stuff in there that she absolutely needs).
Windows ME keeps telling me that there has been an error initializing ConfigMS. I went to the Microsoft website and found a problem similar to this one but with MSI motherboards (I have an ASUS p4p800-e delux), and the best they can suggest is to disable the L2 cache or change to my display adapter from AGP to PCI (in other words, downgrade my computer after I have spent money upgrading it).

If somebody has encountered this problem and has a way to get around it without having to do a clean install or installing a newer version of the OS, please let me know.

Best regards and thanks for the help.
Luisfreak.

 

[tyanni]

I know you mentioned your wife had some important stuff, but why don't you grab all of that important stuff when booted into the 2k install, and then format and reinstall me? XP and 2k don't usually like to have their motherboard switched, and ME is def. going to be even less tolerant, as you've found out.

 

[Eltano1]

Since you don't want to eliminate WinME, the best thing I can suggest is to re-install WinMe in the same partition that is located now and choose to do a repair install, keeping your file system intact in the same partition.

Eltano

 

[Smilin]

CONFIGMG Problem (or "MICROSOFT SUCKS!)

Nothing gets you help faster than blaming MS for a retarded move. BTW you pretty much invalidated every driver and setting on your computer by swapping motherboards. I think Tyanni and Eltano1 have probably covered the two best options for ya. Good luck.

 

[kylef]

Swapping motherboards out from underneath Windows is not a good idea. In fact, of all hardware upgrades, swapping motherboards is one of the most sure-fire ways to make your system unbootable.

It's a bit like taking your hard drive, unhooking it from your computer, walking over to your neighbor's house, putting it in his computer, and expecting it to boot normally.