replaced motherboard.. windows doesnt boot. How can I not lose everything

[SNiPeRX]

replaced motherboard and windows will not load.. not sure whats going on

What can I do so I will not lose all the information on the hard drive??

Thanks

 

[TG2]

replaced the motherboard with the exact same one, one with the same exact chipset, or a totally different motherboard?

For it to boot it would have to have the same chipset, for it to work perfectly, it would have to the same exact mobo.
If its a different mobo, youll have to reinstlal windows and then copy your files over

 

[nchavie]

Put the old motherboard back in and back up all your data that you need to save. Then uninstall the motherboard put the new one in and reinstall windows.

 

[scottws]

I think a repair install may take care of this problem.

 

[stu1811]

Originally posted by: scottws
I think a repair install may take care of this problem.

:thumbsup:

 

[Doug117]

XP *should* be able to boot even with a underlying mobo change (amazing, but true), but apparently thats not working for you. A repair install should do the trick, as scottws mentioned.