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Win2k Boot w/ Replaced Mobo

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SeTeS

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Just had a MSI K7T-Pro2A die. Replaced w/ a K7S5A. During boot of win2k, I get the message "... cannot read from device...". The drive was working find prior to the mobo taking a dump, and checks out fine as a slave drive on another system. I had the same thing happen previously w/ a K7T-Turbo and ended up reformatting and reinstalling. Is there anyway for me to avoid this in my current situation? (I'd guess if I could somehow reset W2k's current HAL and let it re-id all of the devices it might work... but as is, I can't even get into safe mode.

Maybe something from the recovery console? Dunno.


Suggestions PLEEZE!


tia.

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I belive this is from your new board having a different northbrigde chipset. Therefore, it cannot read form your IDE devices.

Option 1: Boot from w2k CD and select "repair' option, i dont think this will work, but try
Option 2: Boot from w2k CD and do a new install, no need to reformat just install over current. You might lose your profile, but it'll get your computer up and running.
 
In a perfect world, you would have had the chance to change your IDE controller drivers to the "standard MS controller" driver before the swap. As the previous post indicates, that's likely to be the very reason why you are having trouble now.

-SUO
 
Windows 98 and Windows XP are both able to recognize the new/different hard drive controller. For some reason Windows 2000 can not. Unfortunately, i don't think there is an easy fix for this, and you will have to reinstall the OS from scratch. (I recently read this somewhere too. Maybe PC World, PC Magazine or Maximum PC. I can check if you want me to.)

\Dan
 
Nah, that's ok... tnx neway tho. I had a pair of identical drives, so I just reformatted the second drive and resetup all my apps and such... then copied over any docs from the old drive. Since there was a change of mobo, I figure that's the most stable route. (it's just that losing a day's work reinstalling SUCKS).

SeTeS
 
No prob, glad everything worked out.

And I always do a fresh OS install when I swap motherboards. Just because I like that optimized feeling of a "new" OS on my shiney new hardware. Plus it cleans out my old install and old/useless drivers, and that's always a good thing.

\Dan
 
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