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Right, I'm moving the contents of my old rig (Shuttle SN45) into a full atx case using an Abit NF7 (not the S), now will I be able to boot up using my hdd without re-formatting? Its not gonna be permanant I just wanna copy some stuff off it to cdr before I format.
XP can be really arsey, but being both nforce 2 based, it should work.
Best bet is to boot into safe mode first, uninstall all drivers, boot into normal and reinstall them.
I just upgraded to an NF7(with the S) and it got very arsey about getting into windows without a fresh install. Admittedly it was a very big leap, KT133A chipset > NF2, but it wouldnt let me into windows at all, either in Safe Mode or Recovery Console.
Still worth a try first though, it didnt do any permanent damage, just hook up the old mobo and away you go again.
The problem is XP creates certain files (hive.sys for one, I think) that are specific to the machine you installed it on.
However, I believe there's a way around it (sometimes it'll just work anyway), although anything other than a fresh install is always going to be sloppy.
just repair the XP install, i've just done that going from Nforce3 to VIA and at least you'll be able to get your files off before you do a fresh install.
Cheers guys, gonna have a go now.