Please help! Installed new motherboard... Vista won't load..

Posted: 07-14-2007, 11:56 PM
I installed new motherboard, ram and CPU.. all vista compatible. Now Vista
won't load. I tried to load from DVD to do a repair. All that happens is it
sits at the blue curtian thing after the windows logo bar that says loading.

What do I have to do? Why won't Vista load? Do I have to do a clean
install? IF I have to do a clean install how do I do that...

Please I am frusterated... I am needing some immediate help with this.. I
have been at is for at least 6 hours now...

Please help! Installed new motherboard... Vista won't load..


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Brett I. Holcomb
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Re: Please help! Installed new motherboard... Vista won't load..
Posted: 07-15-2007, 12:22 AM
When you changed the mb that changed everything for Vista. If a repair
wont' work you may have to reinstall.


Ikeyre wrote:
> I installed new motherboard, ram and CPU.. all vista compatible. Now Vista
> won't load. I tried to load from DVD to do a repair. All that happens is it
> sits at the blue curtian thing after the windows logo bar that says loading.
>
> What do I have to do? Why won't Vista load? Do I have to do a clean
> install? IF I have to do a clean install how do I do that...
>
> Please I am frusterated... I am needing some immediate help with this.. I
> have been at is for at least 6 hours now...
freddy
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RE: Please help! Installed new motherboard... Vista won't load..
Posted: 07-15-2007, 12:58 AM
Ikeyre,

You may find the following helpful. The following link contains information
on how to do a repair, a reinstall, and a clean install:

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/

Find the Vista link (near top left) and go from there.
--
freddy


"Ikeyre" wrote:
> I installed new motherboard, ram and CPU.. all vista compatible. Now Vista
> won't load. I tried to load from DVD to do a repair. All that happens is it
> sits at the blue curtian thing after the windows logo bar that says loading.
>
> What do I have to do? Why won't Vista load? Do I have to do a clean
> install? IF I have to do a clean install how do I do that...
>
> Please I am frusterated... I am needing some immediate help with this.. I
> have been at is for at least 6 hours now...
Rick Rogers
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Re: Please help! Installed new motherboard... Vista won't load..
Posted: 07-15-2007, 11:34 AM
Hi,

The repair option just fixes the boot configuration. Ikeyre has changed the
hardware that Vista was installed under and will require a fresh
installation to rebuild the system files to match. Unlike XP, there is no
'repair installation' to (re)install on top of an existing install.

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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

"freddy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Ikeyre,
>
> If you want to do a repair install, you have to boot to the Vista DVD, not
> the Vista on the hard drive. You set the 1st boot device (CD/DVD-ROM
> drive)
> in BIOS. After booting to the Vista DVD, you then select the proper
> option
> for repair.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "Ikeyre" wrote:
>
>> I installed new motherboard, ram and CPU.. all vista compatible. Now
>> Vista
>> won't load. I tried to load from DVD to do a repair. All that happens
>> is it
>> sits at the blue curtian thing after the windows logo bar that says
>> loading.
>>
>> What do I have to do? Why won't Vista load? Do I have to do a clean
>> install? IF I have to do a clean install how do I do that...
>>
>> Please I am frusterated... I am needing some immediate help with this.. I
>> have been at is for at least 6 hours now...
freddy
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Re: Please help! Installed new motherboard... Vista won't load..
Posted: 07-15-2007, 12:08 PM
Rick,

I realized that issue later, so I posted the instructions below after my
above comment.
--
freddy


"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The repair option just fixes the boot configuration. Ikeyre has changed the
> hardware that Vista was installed under and will require a fresh
> installation to rebuild the system files to match. Unlike XP, there is no
> 'repair installation' to (re)install on top of an existing install.
>
> --
> 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
>
> "freddy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
> > Ikeyre,
> >
> > If you want to do a repair install, you have to boot to the Vista DVD, not
> > the Vista on the hard drive. You set the 1st boot device (CD/DVD-ROM
> > drive)
> > in BIOS. After booting to the Vista DVD, you then select the proper
> > option
> > for repair.
> > --
> > freddy
> >
> >
> > "Ikeyre" wrote:
> >
> >> I installed new motherboard, ram and CPU.. all vista compatible. Now
> >> Vista
> >> won't load. I tried to load from DVD to do a repair. All that happens
> >> is it
> >> sits at the blue curtian thing after the windows logo bar that says
> >> loading.
> >>
> >> What do I have to do? Why won't Vista load? Do I have to do a clean
> >> install? IF I have to do a clean install how do I do that...
> >>
> >> Please I am frusterated... I am needing some immediate help with this.. I
> >> have been at is for at least 6 hours now...
>
>
 
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