Comments on: Changing the motherboard or storage controller underneath Windows XP and Vista http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-179313 tim Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:56:41 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-179313 Thanks for letting us know Wesley. Two or three startup repair boots would defeat the object for me, but I guess it is better than nothing! Tim Thanks for letting us know Wesley. Two or three startup repair boots would defeat the object for me, but I guess it is better than nothing!

Tim

]]> By: Wesley http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-179105 Wesley Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:48:16 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-179105 I was able to accomplish what I set out to do using this site (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows) from Virtualbox wiki. Basically in order to get windows7 to recognize the hardware, it has to be in the registry. I used IDEMerge to add the default values of a Virtualized hardware set. The only thing is that Windows has to be booted two-three times using the startup repair to switch between native and virtual modes. I was able to accomplish what I set out to do using this site (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows) from Virtualbox wiki. Basically in order to get windows7 to recognize the hardware, it has to be in the registry. I used IDEMerge to add the default values of a Virtualized hardware set. The only thing is that Windows has to be booted two-three times using the startup repair to switch between native and virtual modes.

]]> By: Wesley http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-178833 Wesley Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:50:38 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-178833 Hello, although this article is quite old, I've found your article interesting and hopefully useful. I've been trying to get my Windows7 Partition to boot from within VirtualBox on Ubuntu. The problem is when it boots in the Virtual Machine... I get the Windows boot logo, then a BSOD as found here (http://www.developerfusion.com/community/blog-entry/8393454/fixing-a-virtualbox-windows-xp-blue-screen/) Everything points to the way Windows handles changed hardware (from native to virtualized hardware), which led me among other places to your article. Now I'm going through trying to find the relevant needles in the haystack to replace from a working VirtualMachine of W7 to my native copy of W7. I don't HAVE to virtually boot from my partition, but it would make life easier. I could alternatively have a separate W7 VM, but that would seem redundant as I certainly need the W7 native boot occasionally for processor intensive operations and applications. It would certainly help if there were a way to effectively reset HAL or the registry so that upon booting it would discover the new devices. Any ideas? Right now, I'm just comparing registries and booting between them. Boring. Hello, although this article is quite old, I’ve found your article interesting and hopefully useful. I’ve been trying to get my Windows7 Partition to boot from within VirtualBox on Ubuntu. The problem is when it boots in the Virtual Machine… I get the Windows boot logo, then a BSOD as found here (http://www.developerfusion.com/community/blog-entry/8393454/fixing-a-virtualbox-windows-xp-blue-screen/) Everything points to the way Windows handles changed hardware (from native to virtualized hardware), which led me among other places to your article. Now I’m going through trying to find the relevant needles in the haystack to replace from a working VirtualMachine of W7 to my native copy of W7. I don’t HAVE to virtually boot from my partition, but it would make life easier. I could alternatively have a separate W7 VM, but that would seem redundant as I certainly need the W7 native boot occasionally for processor intensive operations and applications.

It would certainly help if there were a way to effectively reset HAL or the registry so that upon booting it would discover the new devices. Any ideas? Right now, I’m just comparing registries and booting between them. Boring.

]]> By: Rizwan Rana http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-160731 Rizwan Rana Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:35:09 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-160731 Just came across this article and it really helped me a lot. Thanks for your efforts for helping the community. I was using Asus Maximus II Formula motherboard (which is a P45 chipset board) with two OSs XP Pro and Vista Ultimate 32 on separate HDDs . Had to dispose off the board for some reasons and then installed another Asus board with G35 chipset (a downgrade from P45 to G35). Now everything seems to work fine and XP Pro and VISTA boots with out issues. The only problem is that after the initial start-up screen with ASUS logo and devices info the system waits too long to get into the OS selection menu. I am quite clueless at this point what to do in order to get rid of this delay. Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Cheers Just came across this article and it really helped me a lot. Thanks for your efforts for helping the community.

I was using Asus Maximus II Formula motherboard (which is a P45 chipset board) with two OSs XP Pro and Vista Ultimate 32 on separate HDDs . Had to dispose off the board for some reasons and then installed another Asus board with G35 chipset (a downgrade from P45 to G35). Now everything seems to work fine and XP Pro and VISTA boots with out issues. The only problem is that after the initial start-up screen with ASUS logo and devices info the system waits too long to get into the OS selection menu. I am quite clueless at this point what to do in order to get rid of this delay. Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Cheers

]]> By: Edward http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-124315 Edward Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:45:04 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-124315 You glossed over the most important part, actually editing the registry. You glossed over the most important part, actually editing the registry.

]]> By: tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-107402 tim Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:53:17 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-107402 <blockquote> The “BIOS” swallowed 1gb of your ram. What the hell does that even mean? </blockquote> The BIOS uses the upper level of the 4GB address space for its own functions, which means it can't also be used as RAM. Some systems get round this with a technique called remapping; but many do not. In consequence, up to 1GB of your 4GB RAM may be wasted. The problem only occurs if you fit 4GB. Tim

The “BIOS” swallowed 1gb of your ram. What the hell does that even mean?

The BIOS uses the upper level of the 4GB address space for its own functions, which means it can’t also be used as RAM. Some systems get round this with a technique called remapping; but many do not. In consequence, up to 1GB of your 4GB RAM may be wasted. The problem only occurs if you fit 4GB.

Tim

]]> By: Ed http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-107398 Ed Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:54:41 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-107398 The "BIOS" swallowed 1gb of your ram. What the hell does that even mean? The “BIOS” swallowed 1gb of your ram. What the hell does that even mean?

]]> By: tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-92673 tim Mon, 05 May 2008 08:18:14 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-92673 @arda The example reg keys in the thread here: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=444831 show the entries you need to look at - you need to match the hardware IDs to your actual hardware of course. I used an existing storage controller entry as a guide to get the various parameters right. Tim @arda

The example reg keys in the thread here:

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=444831

show the entries you need to look at – you need to match the hardware IDs to your actual hardware of course.

I used an existing storage controller entry as a guide to get the various parameters right.

Tim

]]> By: arda özgül http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-92670 arda özgül Mon, 05 May 2008 07:58:32 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-92670 Hi, It is great information. Bu I am good at this but I don't understand this "Finally, I manually made the changes pretty much as in the reg file used to migrate XP to a new storage controller, though what I actually did was to pattern the changes on an existing storage controller entry in the working Vista registry." How did you find related reg keys? search with hardware ids? or... thanks Hi,

It is great information. Bu I am good at this but I don’t understand this “Finally, I manually made the changes pretty much as in the reg file used to migrate XP to a new storage controller, though what I actually did was to pattern the changes on an existing storage controller entry in the working Vista registry.” How did you find related reg keys? search with hardware ids? or… thanks

]]> By: jdj http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-83467 jdj Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:00:07 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=479#comment-83467 Tim, Thanks... I'm a DIY guy without very much experience & not enough sense to leave well enough alone. I've been very frustrated with my attempts to upgrade my motherboard, and your solution for the XP OS saved me another sleepless night. Thanks again! Tim,

Thanks… I’m a DIY guy without very much experience & not enough sense to leave well enough alone. I’ve been very frustrated with my attempts to upgrade my motherboard, and your solution for the XP OS saved me another sleepless night.

Thanks again!

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