Windows XP problem

[AdmRose]

I just got a new Soyo P4I 845PE mobo w/P4 1.8GHz and it boots up just fine, but when I get to the OS selection screen (its a dual boot HD, 98 and XP) and select XP, the computer restarts. I can get into 98 just fine but it won't recognize the CDROM drives. I read that XP may not start up if it was installed on a different chipset (it was, on an ALi chipset, this board is all Intel) and would have to be reinstalled to work. My questions are:

1) Can I reinstall XP without losing all my files?
2) Would repairing the old installation work?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[bloom25]

Your system is bluescreening right after trying to boot XP.  By default XP will simply reboot if this happens.

You can try a repair install, but I think most likely you will need to do a clean install of XP.