Seems I spend more time fixing my Wife's computer that anything else.
Her mother board went out and I bought a new mother board but Windows XP
will no longer boot. It comes up in the BIOS and setup fine. Naturally she
did back up here data and I would like to get that drive to boot.

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Hi Paul -
I got this same issue coming up today with my mates girlfriend.

In a nutshell, a changed board ( including same make but  different chipset )
OR a different CPU ( family  or brand ) = re - install time with 32 - bit
windoze.

I think the higher heat - soaking  with modern  boards  makes them let go
early on. Maybe additional case fans help , with 2 GHz plus being
commonplace.On my case , there is plenty of  space * behind * the board for
air to move.

Also , it seems a lot easier to get a Junk Motherboard these days. Quick - rot
solder etc.
One reason why I am keeping this old 1.2 Ghz one in this full tower case.

Fly & Build Good -