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Switched motherboard and CPU, need to repair WinXP but cannot

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Linux2003

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I just switched out my ABIT motherboard and P4 CPU for a Shuttle AN35N and AMD 2600+ CPU. I'm trying to do a repair of my Windows OS with my WinXP Pro CD (legal version) but cannot because I keep getting this: line 6352 of the INF FILE \i386\ TEXTSETUP.SIF is invalid, setup cannot continue

What is causing this and how can I get out of it? I know I should do a complete reinstall but I need to back-up some files first before I do that, but since I can't even get beyond the message above what is my alternative?
 
WinXP is notoriously bad about being moved from one computer to another. I am sure that dozens of people have stories about it working wonderfully, but those are the exceptions.

About backing up depends on much data you want to backup.

My suggestion:
Boot up with a Knoppix cdrom.

if you have a second computer networked:
setup a share and copy the data from your partition to your networked computer.

If you don't have a second computer;
use qtparted in knoppix or partition magic to resize your partitions and add a second small Fat32 partition. Copy your data to that.


then reinstall XP. (or better yet Fedore Core3 or Debian.)

There also windows-based rescue cdroms...
 
Originally posted by: Linux2003
I just switched out my ABIT motherboard and P4 CPU for a Shuttle AN35N and AMD 2600+ CPU. I'm trying to do a repair of my Windows OS with my WinXP Pro CD (legal version) but cannot because I keep getting this: line 6352 of the INF FILE \i386\ TEXTSETUP.SIF is invalid, setup cannot continue

What is causing this and how can I get out of it?
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I'd check the CD, cabling, and CDROM drive first - the error has nothing to do with moving hardware, since at this point you're just trying to do a repair install.
 
Well, it finally got going ad I was able to do the repair of WinXP Pro but after it reboots I get the dreaded BSOD. It say I need to check for viruses and to remove any newly installed hard drives and restart the PC again.

 
Originally posted by: Linux2003
I just switched out my ABIT motherboard and P4 CPU for a Shuttle AN35N and AMD 2600+ CPU. I'm trying to do a repair of my Windows OS with my WinXP Pro CD (legal version) but cannot because I keep getting this: line 6352 of the INF FILE \i386\ TEXTSETUP.SIF is invalid, setup cannot continue

What is causing this and how can I get out of it? I know I should do a complete reinstall but I need to back-up some files first before I do that, but since I can't even get beyond the message above what is my alternative?
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A simpler way to fix this is (assuming both have the same HAL) just change your hard disk controller to PCI Standard IDE while you're running the old board, and then shut down and switch to the new board; problem solved....

Do you have the old board still?
 
I figured out why I was getting that message; it was a bad stick of RAM. I just went ahead and used a new HDD I had and did a new install of WinXP Pro and slaved my old drive to copy the data to the new drive.

Sorry for the noob question but what is HAL?
 
HAL is hardware abstraction layer. I think it has to do with how WinXP communicates with hardware, but I can't provide anything more technical than that, as I really don't know much more.
 
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