[dba-Tech] Emergency - winXP problem

you transplanted a mobo on a pc running XP and expected it not to have a 
problem? :D,  Each device generates guids, generally a sysprep before 
you start ripping out hardware is the fix...

if you boot w/ Knoppix can you see data on the drives?


Jon Tydda wrote On 7/21/2004 2:27 PM:

>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
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-Francisco