Guest marty Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 hi i have put a new motherboard in a xp computer and used the original hard drive the hd has a partition on it that holds the oem version of xp to be used to restore to factory settings i cannot access this partition now i have changed the mother board is there another way to access it and use it any help apreciated -- martyb
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: hard drive partition "marty" <marty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:39E8A405-A7A5-4C7D-AFA3-1412E3BCD363@microsoft.com... > hi i have put a new motherboard in a xp computer and used the original > hard > drive the hd has a partition on it that holds the oem version of xp to be > used to restore to factory settings i cannot access this partition now i > have > changed the mother board is there another way to access it and use it any > help apreciated > -- > martyb What exactly happens when you try?
Guest marty Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: hard drive partition in the past with the original mother board i would access it at bootup using ctrl+alt f6 i cannot get it now at all i do know that it was created using norton ghost by stone computers the original supplier i think the problem is because it is a ghost of the original system the new mother board doesnt recognise it and behaves as if it isnt there although it is listed in disk mangement -- martyb "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "marty" <marty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:39E8A405-A7A5-4C7D-AFA3-1412E3BCD363@microsoft.com... > > hi i have put a new motherboard in a xp computer and used the original > > hard > > drive the hd has a partition on it that holds the oem version of xp to be > > used to restore to factory settings i cannot access this partition now i > > have > > changed the mother board is there another way to access it and use it any > > help apreciated > > -- > > martyb > > What exactly happens when you try? > > >
Guest Ghostrider Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: hard drive partition marty wrote: > in the past with the original mother board i would access it at bootup using > ctrl+alt f6 i cannot get it now at all i do know that it was created using > norton ghost by stone computers the original supplier i think the problem is > because it is a ghost of the original system the new mother board doesnt > recognise it and behaves as if it isnt there although it is listed in disk > mangement If the new motherboard is not an exact replacement of the original motherboard, then it is doubtful that a hot-key exists in POST to steer the booting of the computer to the recovery partition. But it might be possible to do it manually by going into bios setup and pointing to that partition with, presumably, an executable recovery image file. But there are also other potential problems. Again, if the motherboard is not an exact replacement of the original, then the Windows XP image file in the recovery partition will certainly have incompatible driver files, if not specific driver files needed by the new motherboard. The factory settings will only work with the factory-supplied motherboard.
Guest VanguardLH Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: hard drive partition marty wrote: > hi i have put a new motherboard in a xp computer and used the original hard > drive the hd has a partition on it that holds the oem version of xp to be > used to restore to factory settings i cannot access this partition now i have > changed the mother board is there another way to access it and use it any > help apreciated Too much trouble reading a post that doesn't bother to use periods and capitalization to delineate sentences. You want help but require the reader to waste time reconstructing the structure you omitted. Write like a child, get treated like one. Bye.
Guest marty Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: hard drive partition thanks for clearing it up i will probably delete the partion now and make use of the 3gig it will free up thanks for all your help -- martyb "Ghostrider" wrote: > > marty wrote: > > > in the past with the original mother board i would access it at bootup using > > ctrl+alt f6 i cannot get it now at all i do know that it was created using > > norton ghost by stone computers the original supplier i think the problem is > > because it is a ghost of the original system the new mother board doesnt > > recognise it and behaves as if it isnt there although it is listed in disk > > mangement > > If the new motherboard is not an exact replacement of the original > motherboard, then it is doubtful that a hot-key exists in POST to > steer the booting of the computer to the recovery partition. But it > might be possible to do it manually by going into bios setup and > pointing to that partition with, presumably, an executable recovery > image file. > > But there are also other potential problems. Again, if the motherboard > is not an exact replacement of the original, then the Windows XP image > file in the recovery partition will certainly have incompatible driver > files, if not specific driver files needed by the new motherboard. The > factory settings will only work with the factory-supplied motherboard. > >
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