Motherboard fried, new motherboard, oh oh disk driver issues, blue screen rebooty time!

So chaps and ladies, my motherboard went and died on me, it was out of
warranty and I now have a new motherboard. I have a dual boot XP and Vista
setup and both of them seem to be barfing quite nicely with the new
motherboard. I´ve solved the XP issue with a repair install, but the Vista
repair process does not appear to have the same procedure available, and
also it will not allow me to perform an "upgrade" over the old
install.....*grumbles*

So, is there anything I can do?

--
Francis

Hi Francis,

Nope, nothing else you can do when the hardware change is that drastic.
Vista's installation method differs significantly from XP and previous Win
versions in that it lays down an image rather than overwrite files. The
latter bit is why you can do repair installations of XP and earlier. Because
of this change, the repair installation is no longer available and you'll
have to lay down a new image. If you have sufficient drive space, you should
be able to do this without formatting so that you can recover data from the
old installation, it will be housed in a windows.old file on the root of the
drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Francis Bacon" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> So chaps and ladies, my motherboard went and died on me, it was out of
> warranty and I now have a new motherboard. I have a dual boot XP and Vista
> setup and both of them seem to be barfing quite nicely with the new
> motherboard. I´ve solved the XP issue with a repair install, but the Vista
> repair process does not appear to have the same procedure available, and
> also it will not allow me to perform an "upgrade" over the old
> install.....*grumbles*
>
> So, is there anything I can do?
>
> --
> Francis
>

Thankw for the prompt answer Rick. I really wish they had an F8 option that
did something along the lines of "default installation drivers" to get into
Windows with a forced hardware detection default type phase. I remember
loosing many hours with restoring an old Windows 2000 system back years ago
(in an emergency (of course)) that went from a single to a multiprocessor
setup and having to replace various files from the recovery console, but it
did work....

Not too worry, a clean installation is always a good thing, and then I fear
I will have my first contact with the License Activation people Oh
joy.... whinge whinge whinge

--
Francis

"Rick Rogers" <> escribió en el mensaje
news:...
> Hi Francis,
>
> Nope, nothing else you can do when the hardware change is that drastic.
> Vista's installation method differs significantly from XP and previous Win
> versions in that it lays down an image rather than overwrite files. The
> latter bit is why you can do repair installations of XP and earlier.
> Because of this change, the repair installation is no longer available and
> you'll have to lay down a new image. If you have sufficient drive space,
> you should be able to do this without formatting so that you can recover
> data from the old installation, it will be housed in a windows.old file on
> the root of the drive.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Francis Bacon" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> So chaps and ladies, my motherboard went and died on me, it was out of
>> warranty and I now have a new motherboard. I have a dual boot XP and
>> Vista setup and both of them seem to be barfing quite nicely with the new
>> motherboard. I´ve solved the XP issue with a repair install, but the
>> Vista repair process does not appear to have the same procedure
>> available, and also it will not allow me to perform an "upgrade" over the
>> old install.....*grumbles*
>>
>> So, is there anything I can do?
>>
>> --
>> Francis
>>
>

Vista's "repair install" is called an upgrade-in-place. However, it only
works if the desktop at least loads. It is done by launching Setup from the
desktop, choosing Install Now, and doing an upgrade. If the desktop does
not load then you will need to reinstall.

To protect your Vista VSS files from deletion by booting into XP follow this
KB.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/926185

"Francis Bacon" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> So chaps and ladies, my motherboard went and died on me, it was out of
> warranty and I now have a new motherboard. I have a dual boot XP and Vista
> setup and both of them seem to be barfing quite nicely with the new
> motherboard. I´ve solved the XP issue with a repair install, but the Vista
> repair process does not appear to have the same procedure available, and
> also it will not allow me to perform an "upgrade" over the old
> install.....*grumbles*
>
> So, is there anything I can do?
>
> --
> Francis
>

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:03:02 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"
<> wrote:

>Vista's "repair install" is called an upgrade-in-place. However, it only
>works if the desktop at least loads. It is done by launching Setup from the
>desktop, choosing Install Now, and doing an upgrade. If the desktop does
>not load then you will need to reinstall.

So all of the best backup strategies in the world will probably be
useless if a mobo needs to be replaced and the same one can't be
found.

THAT sucks.

>
>To protect your Vista VSS files from deletion by booting into XP follow this
>KB.
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/926185
>
>"Francis Bacon" <> wrote in message
>news:%...
>> So chaps and ladies, my motherboard went and died on me, it was out of
>> warranty and I now have a new motherboard. I have a dual boot XP and Vista
>> setup and both of them seem to be barfing quite nicely with the new
>> motherboard. I´ve solved the XP issue with a repair install, but the Vista
>> repair process does not appear to have the same procedure available, and
>> also it will not allow me to perform an "upgrade" over the old
>> install.....*grumbles*
>>
>> So, is there anything I can do?
>>
>> --
>> Francis
>>

"Nonny" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:03:02 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"
> <> wrote:
>
>>Vista's "repair install" is called an upgrade-in-place. However, it only
>>works if the desktop at least loads. It is done by launching Setup from
>>the
>>desktop, choosing Install Now, and doing an upgrade. If the desktop does
>>not load then you will need to reinstall.
>
> So all of the best backup strategies in the world will probably be
> useless if a mobo needs to be replaced and the same one can't be
> found.
>
> THAT sucks.
>

I guess you just have no clue about backup. People should back up their
data, not the OS. The OS can be installed on another machine but your data
can't be recreated if your hard drive dies.

If the MOBO dies, you can move the HDD to another machine as a slave drive
to salvage any data if you are STUPID enough NOT to make backups to begin
with.


>>
>>To protect your Vista VSS files from deletion by booting into XP follow
>>this
>>KB.
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/926185
>>
>>"Francis Bacon" <> wrote in message
>>news:%.. .
>>> So chaps and ladies, my motherboard went and died on me, it was out of
>>> warranty and I now have a new motherboard. I have a dual boot XP and
>>> Vista
>>> setup and both of them seem to be barfing quite nicely with the new
>>> motherboard. I´ve solved the XP issue with a repair install, but the
>>> Vista
>>> repair process does not appear to have the same procedure available, and
>>> also it will not allow me to perform an "upgrade" over the old
>>> install.....*grumbles*
>>>
>>> So, is there anything I can do?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Francis
>>>
>

On Jun 10, 12:38*pm, "Bill Yanaire" <b...@yanaire.com> wrote:
> "Nonny" <nonnymo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:...
>
> > On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:03:02 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"
> > <c.barnho...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >>Vista's "repair install" is called an upgrade-in-place. *However, it only
> >>works if the desktop at least loads. *It is done by launching Setup from
> >>the
> >>desktop, choosing Install Now, and doing an upgrade. *If the desktop does
> >>not load then you will need to reinstall.
>
> > So all of the best backup strategies in the world will probably be
> > useless if a mobo needs to be replaced and the same one can't be
> > found.
>
> > THAT sucks.
>
> I guess you just have no clue about backup. *People should back up their
> data, not the OS. *The OS can be installed on another machine but your data
> can't be recreated if your hard drive dies.

I back it all up, doofus. I can restore all of it or any part of it
at will.

> If the MOBO dies, you can move the HDD to another machine as a slave drive
> to salvage any data if you are STUPID enough NOT to make backups to begin
> with.

I can do that now, moron. You have any more useless crap to add?

"Nonny" <> wrote in message
news:aa92ba09-109c-4d33-a6f8-...
On Jun 10, 12:38 pm, "Bill Yanaire" <b...@yanaire.com> wrote:
> "Nonny" <nonnymo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:...
>
> > On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:03:02 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"
> > <c.barnho...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >>Vista's "repair install" is called an upgrade-in-place. However, it only
> >>works if the desktop at least loads. It is done by launching Setup from
> >>the
> >>desktop, choosing Install Now, and doing an upgrade. If the desktop does
> >>not load then you will need to reinstall.
>
> > So all of the best backup strategies in the world will probably be
> > useless if a mobo needs to be replaced and the same one can't be
> > found.
>
> > THAT sucks.
>
> I guess you just have no clue about backup. People should back up their
> data, not the OS. The OS can be installed on another machine but your data
> can't be recreated if your hard drive dies.

I back it all up, doofus. I can restore all of it or any part of it
at will.

> If the MOBO dies, you can move the HDD to another machine as a slave drive
> to salvage any data if you are STUPID enough NOT to make backups to begin
> with.

>I can do that now, moron. You have any more useless crap to add?


Sure - Go **** yourself. Just FYI

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:47:02 -0700 (PDT), Nonny
<> wrote:


>I back it all up, doofus. I can restore all of it or any part of it
>at will.

You think you'll be able to until you actually try to do it, then when
it fails you'll cry like a baby.

>I can do that now, moron. You have any more useless crap to add?

Dopes that like to keep making disk images of "everything" are like
kids given a new box of crayons. They just got to play with every
color in the box.

I bet Nonny even makes a image of his recycle bin.

ROTFLMAO!

On Jun 10, 12:38*pm, "Bill Yanaire" <b...@yanaire.com> wrote:
> "Nonny" <nonnymo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:...
>
> > On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:03:02 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"
> > <c.barnho...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >>Vista's "repair install" is called an upgrade-in-place. *However, it only
> >>works if the desktop at least loads. *It is done by launching Setup from
> >>the
> >>desktop, choosing Install Now, and doing an upgrade. *If the desktop does
> >>not load then you will need to reinstall.
>
> > So all of the best backup strategies in the world will probably be
> > useless if a mobo needs to be replaced and the same one can't be
> > found.
>
> > THAT sucks.
>
> I guess you just have no clue about backup. *People should back up their
> data, not the OS. *The OS can be installed on another machine but your data
> can't be recreated if your hard drive dies.

You have no clue about what I know, doofus. My True Image backups can
be used to fully restore my system, or any part of it - at will.

> If the MOBO dies, you can move the HDD to another machine as a slave drive
> to salvage any data if you are STUPID enough NOT to make backups to begin
> with.

Why go to all that bother when True Image will restore any file/
directory I choose in my backup and will restore it to any place I
choose?

Go back to playing with your Vista-bashing and Ubuntu friends, you
twit. You fit in well in that group.