Re: Here's how.... legally !
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Originally posted by confus-ed
If I could see an 'original' restore disk, in tandem with the same machine, (now re-born) then why are we questioning its authenticity ? Most likely it doesn't matter what you do legally ... but anyway ....
I see your point; I actually thought he meant that he built a new PC using some spare parts. In essence it is the same computer, with replacement parts. I still think getting XP home retail will solve all of the issues...as the restore disk probably won't pull any of this off.
Re: Here's how.... legally !
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Originally posted by confus-ed
If I could see an 'original' restore disk, in tandem with the same machine, (now re-born) then why are we questioning its authenticity ? Most likely it doesn't matter what you do legally ... but anyway ....
Swapping Motherboards Under Windows XP complete with MS links on how to do each bit ...
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Well...I'm hoping this will work for me. I am reading the article right now. I'll give you a run-down of what happened, just so you can give any insight you wish before I get started, as I won't be doing this until tomorrow.
-1stSgt brings in his HP - says wife uninstalled AOHell, and next thing she knew, it stopped working...wouldn't even initialize the monitor.
-Noo points me toward a rather nasty virus that just so happened to have a kill date approximately the same as the date the problem occurred...I assume the mobo is dead and tell him to buy a new mobo and case, as the HP case had crappy airflow.
-Assemble the machine using as many old parts as possible...computer boots once and dies...same symptoms. I nearly cry, thinking I had killed the new mobo...but instead 1stSgt decides he wants to upgrade his proc, so we go with a 2.4Ghz Celeron.
-Swap the procs, everything is gravy...except that the drive is formatted NTFS.
...Which brings me to here. The machine will not boot in any mode...it locks up hard in the middle of the boot process. I have no desire to put in the old mobo...it looks like some of the capacitors are about to blow, which would sorta explain why the proc got fried.
Anyway, like I said, I'm reading the article now, and trying to see if this is a viable option. Thanks for your input.