Whoo! going DOWN the technology curve!

[Ruler2]

Well, my PC's mobo is FUBAR atm. (wow I just wrote half a sentence using nothing but acronyms  ) So, my mom asked me to put our hp machine that became my PC back together, I got it all hooked up now but it won't boot into Vista and when I get into the XP login screen my mouse will not work. I can't go and change any BIOS settings because, like I said, I am using the hp stuff and no longer have all my tools and goodies to work with. Do you guys know anything I could do to potentially fix this? Or do I need to get a new hard drive altogether?

[Getback]

Ruler, slowly back away from the computer with your hands up.

[Denholm]

Let's start at the beginning... Does the keyboard work?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Well, my PC's mobo is FUBAR atm. (wow I just wrote half a sentence using nothing but acronyms  ) So, my mom asked me to put our hp machine that became my PC back together, I got it all hooked up now but it won't boot into Vista and when I get into the XP login screen my mouse will not work. I can't go and change any BIOS settings because, like I said, I am using the hp stuff and no longer have all my tools and goodies to work with. Do you guys know anything I could do to potentially fix this? Or do I need to get a new hard drive altogether?

If you put it together using parts from different computers you need to boot it from CD and reinstall the operating system.

[Spikes]

If you put it together using parts from different computers you need to boot it from CD and reinstall the operating system.

^Bingo.
The HDD has memory of components that are not in it any more.

[Ruler2]

Keyboard works, XP works, Vista will not boot, big surprise there,lol.   I wonder if going into my C drive and deleteing my old hardware stuff would fix that.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Keyboard works, XP works, Vista will not boot, big surprise there,lol.   I wonder if going into my C drive and deleteing my old hardware stuff would fix that.

Booting Vista again from a DVD and choosing it to fix the installation would fix that. You can't manually delete 'hardware stuff' from your c: drive without causing damage somewhere.

[Denholm]

If you have nothing to lose, just wipe the drive and start fresh.

[Ruler2]

Booting Vista again from a DVD and choosing it to fix the installation would fix that. You can't manually delete 'hardware stuff' from your c: drive without causing damage somewhere.

tried that, says there is no problem,lol

[Spikes]

If you have nothing to lose, just wipe the drive and start fresh.

Best bet^.