hard drive partition

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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
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martyb
 
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?
 
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
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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?
>
>
>
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
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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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