Trying to repair Win XP Pro

[lockness]

I tried this:

Boot off of the Windows XP cd - proceed like normal, saying you want to do an install (NOT a repair using repair console, etc). After you hit F8 to agree, it will tell you it found a version of Windows XP installed. Say you want to repair it.


I have tried this but the setup never recognizes my existing Windows installation. Any ideas why? Im able to boot fine. I need to do a repair because Im moving this disk drive to a newer motherboard and the drivers arent compatable.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: lockness
I tried this:

Boot off of the Windows XP cd - proceed like normal, saying you want to do an install (NOT a repair using repair console, etc). After you hit F8 to agree, it will tell you it found a version of Windows XP installed. Say you want to repair it.


I have tried this but the setup never recognizes my existing Windows installation. Any ideas why? Im able to boot fine. I need to do a repair because Im moving this disk drive to a newer motherboard and the drivers arent compatable.

If you can boot fine, I suggest (on the old MB) changing your IDE drivers to "standard IDE" and seeing if you can boot on the new motherboard then.

Or take a PCI IDE card, put it inside the old MB, boot up (with the HDD attached to the old MB), have XP recognize the PCI IDE card, then take the PCI IDE card, put it in the new MB, put the HDD on it (rather than the new MB's IDE controller) and boot. Once your new MB's IDE controller is recognized and installed, switch the HDD from the PCI IDE card to the MB's IDE controller.

But the first step should work fine.

 

[boomerang]

If your HD is installed to a RAID, SATA controller, or add-on PCI IDE controller card, you most likely will have to install those drivers at the F6 prompt.

But, it sounds as if you are trying to run the repair before swapping the hardware. It needs to be run after. At first boot off the new hardware. Sorry if I have misunderstood.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: boomerang
If your HD is installed to a RAID, SATA controller, or add-on PCI IDE controller card, you most likely will have to install those drivers at the F6 prompt.

Concerning the add-in IDE card - why would you do that? Just add the add-in PCI card to the old motherboard, boot up, add the driver, and then take it all to the new motherboard, and you'll be able to boot from the PCI IDE card just fine.

For RAID / SATA (ie new.....) controllers that you cannot move to the old MB, try installing drivers first, and also try to see if you can get the machine to boot with basic IDE drivers first - frequently a PATA controller on the MB will let you do that. Then you can add SATA/RAID drivers at will, then *then* you can boot from the SATA/RAID controllers.