Ok a little more info, sorry this is new to me. Had an Asus P5WD Premium
with Pentium 840 extreme. The board crapped out even though on a surge
protector when the lights in the house blinked very briefly other computers
in house did not even reboot. I replaced the board with a P5E and quad core
intel so it was not close to a duplicate. When the system attempts to boot
the microsoft window bar shows up at the bottom of the screen but is shaded
and then it just tries to reboot itself. When I attempt to reinstall my
Vista Bus I enter my license but it comes back telling me I need to boot from
the original OS which was that copy of Vista Bus. I originally upgraded from
XP Pro to Vista Bus using this same DVD.
"R. C. White" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi, Motherboard.
>
> Unless that motherboard was an exact duplicate of the failed one, you
> probably will need to do a "repair install", also known as an "in-place
> upgrade" so that Vista Setup can detect the new hardware and customize YOUR
> installation of Vista to fit its changed environment. It basically
> reinstalls Vista, but leaves your installed applications and data in place.
> You probably should set aside half a day to do this. I did it several times
> with WinXP; the only time I had to do it with Vista it took me six hours,
> including updating and re-tweaking afterwards.
>
> You've given us no details - not even the make and model of your computer or
> the specific version of Vista - so we can give only generic advice at this
> point. We don't even know if your computer is in warranty, or if your copy
> of Vista is Full, Upgrade or OEM. It DOES make a difference!
>
> Did you get a Vista DVD-ROM with your computer, or only a recovery disk that
> restores Vista but wipes out all your apps and data?
>
> (Too late for this episode, but backup power supplies cost only $100 or so
> these days. Cheap insurance against power surges.)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "Motherboard and Processor Replacement" <Motherboard and Processor
> Replacement@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9707775A-5521-474D-84BF-AA0FCF7EEB9B@xxxxxx Quote:
> > replaced motherboard and processor after pwr surge. I've run "repair"
> > from
> > Vista disc several times and memory diagnostics to no avail. System won't
> > restart in Safe mode either. I've tried to restore from last known good
> > state but doesn't work either. My only backup is a One Care but it is not
> > a
> > "full" backup. Any suggestions?
>