Haslett, Andrew
andrew.haslett at ilc.gov.au
Wed Jul 21 20:08:12 CDT 2004
The operating systems tracks and configures itself depending on the hardware it uses. I'd be worried if you *didn't* have any problems replacing your hardware! And yeah - you should be generally be using the same OS disk to repair from.. A -----Original Message----- From: Jon Tydda [mailto:jon at tydda.plus.com] Sent: Thursday, 22 July 2004 6:58 AM To: dba-tech Subject: [dba-Tech] Emergency - winXP problem I've just transplanted a new motherboard, processor and RAM into a friends pc... I've turned it on, and now the pc can't or won't see the C:\ drive and won't boot. I've run fixmbr to fix the master boot record, and fixboot, to fix the boot partition... but it insists that there is an error loading the operating system, and it says that there is nothing installed on the drive. I know this to be untrue, as I have been administering this pc for about 6 months... I've tried a recovery console repair, but it can't find anything to repair, the same with a repair install... actually, thinking about it, would the fact that I'm using a win2k cd to repair an xp install be a problem??? hmm... I really need a holiday... Jon _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ ******************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain information protected by law from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. No warranty is given that this email or files, if attached to this email, are free from computer viruses or other defects. They are provided on the basis the user assumes all responsibility for loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from their use, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not.