I just copied the file onto a floppy loaded it into the OS on the HDD to be moved and BINGO. Dead easy....well it has to be for me...... I reckon I can talk Simon around to using it, if I zip it and bung it in an email
Ok Dack or anyone who can think of anything to try
I installed XP on a 40 gig drive earlier today in a pc with an AMD 700 cpu in an Abit mobo.
I added the file to the registry that Tony had kindly sent me.
I put the drive in an AMD XP 2000+ cpu equipped Gigabyte mobo.
It just constantly reboots and never gets past the options for safe mode/last good config/start windows normally etc bit.
No matter which option I try it just reboots
It has not been on the net on either pc so its not a virus.
I have just replaced that drive in teh 700 cpu pc and it came up with a message saying that the cpu had been changed, or words to that effect and something about going to a soft menu or something press F1 to continue.
I did that and its running fine in that pc.
Does the article on the MS site only work for similarly rated cpus as that was the message that came up when I changed it back