New motherboard

[carpenter]

Just got a Gigabyte 7N400Pro mo.bo. Think I messed up installing the OS. Partitioned off 5 gig and then installed and now the only way I can get it to boot into XP is with the cd. Should I just start over and do a new install and if so how is the best way to do this?

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Yeah if you don't have anything important on the drive, just start over. Pop in the cd and start over. Boot off the disc and away you go.

 

I like to have more than 5 gigs for the os install. Then again i play alot of games.... I have 160 gigs and have 12 for the OS.

 

[carpenter]

OK, new install. Should I even partition any space off. I have an 80Gb WDse as master and a 40gb as slave on this box. I want the OS on the 80 gig hd. Will XP automatically put the OS on the master?