Different motherboard using the old Hard Drive

[salukian]

Old system / background:

HP Compaq Presario S6700CL WinXp Pro - purchased in '05
Motherboard dies in May, placed entire system on shelf, to collect dust.

Last week, my son and I decide to rebuild it using a brand new
ASUS K8V-MX motherboard instead of the original ASUS K8N8X-LA.
The new board posts fine, recognizes all hardware.

The Hard drive from the old machine tries to load WinXp, fails, and system reboots. I assume because there is a bios marker not present, or incorrect.

Is there any way to work around and load the former WinXp, or should we simply wipe the HD and start over?

[Train]

No, the difference in the motherboard drivers is the cause, so do a repair install and then install the new drivers.

[photolady]

The reason it fails is because the motherboard is different. You need to just reload xp. Even if you tried to do a repair install that would not work unless the xp cd you have is a retail version not the HP recovery disk.

[Midknyte]

The HAL changes when you switch motherboards.

From the horse's mouth:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;824125

[salukian]

Thanks so much to you all. This was a good learning project for my son. As always, I can count on you guys (and gals) to provide options and solutions. I don't post much, as I find you can learn a lot just by reading.

Please mark this resolved.