Repair installation failed

I'm running XP SP3. My motherboard was dying (leaking capacitors) so I
replaced it with a new motherboard with onboard GFX, CPU and RAM.

The new system booted up and I set the BIOS for the correct time and
boot order. When I then tried to boot into Windows it went to the
screen where I had the option of safe mode or starting Windows normally.
All options reset the system and it would have gone on a continuous
loop if I didn't turn it off.

I tried a repair installation, and the system seemed fine as the Windows
XP logo came up, but then ten seconds later the system reset again, and
a continuous loop continued.

I tried a second repair installation, and the same thing happened.

Is there anything I can do? I'm up a creek without a paddle here.

TIA.

Two "Repair" options are available - first involves the Recovery Console and
the second repair option is actually a full upgrade.

Which option did you try?

"Cuzman" <cuzGETRID@supanet.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm running XP SP3. My motherboard was dying (leaking capacitors) so I
> replaced it with a new motherboard with onboard GFX, CPU and RAM.
>
> The new system booted up and I set the BIOS for the correct time and boot
> order. When I then tried to boot into Windows it went to the screen where
> I had the option of safe mode or starting Windows normally. All options
> reset the system and it would have gone on a continuous loop if I didn't
> turn it off.
>
> I tried a repair installation, and the system seemed fine as the Windows
> XP logo came up, but then ten seconds later the system reset again, and a
> continuous loop continued.
>
> I tried a second repair installation, and the same thing happened.
>
> Is there anything I can do? I'm up a creek without a paddle here.
>
> TIA.

"Cuzman" <cuzGETRID@supanet.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm running XP SP3. My motherboard was dying (leaking capacitors) so I
> replaced it with a new motherboard with onboard GFX, CPU and RAM.
>
> The new system booted up and I set the BIOS for the correct time and
> boot order. When I then tried to boot into Windows it went to the
> screen where I had the option of safe mode or starting Windows normally.
> All options reset the system and it would have gone on a continuous
> loop if I didn't turn it off.
>
> I tried a repair installation, and the system seemed fine as the Windows
> XP logo came up, but then ten seconds later the system reset again, and
> a continuous loop continued.
>
> I tried a second repair installation, and the same thing happened.
>
> Is there anything I can do? I'm up a creek without a paddle here.
>
> TIA.


Pop in a new HD and remove your old one, then perform a fresh install of
Windows.

Once you are up and running, slave-in your original drive and retrieve all
your data...

you may need to take onership of some of the folders