A storm wiped out my power supply and I was fortunate
that the damage did not get to the motherboard, but it
could have.

My question is: If I needed to install a new motherboard
of the same type (Intel P4) would it be possible to run
XP and all software without reinstalling from scratch?

With a backup and ASR available, would it be possible to
restore the system to the state before the motherboard
croaked?

Thanks for the help.
Juergen

Yes - hopefully - provided that the motherboard is the same and that the ASR created .bkf file is on a 2nd HDD or floppies or tape and that none of the partition sizes have been changed after the .bkf and floppy were created.

I have used ASR to restore the system to different HDD. It does work quite well.

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
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"Juergen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:629501c357c7$43898420$(E-Mail Removed)...
| A storm wiped out my power supply and I was fortunate
| that the damage did not get to the motherboard, but it
| could have.
|
| My question is: If I needed to install a new motherboard
| of the same type (Intel P4) would it be possible to run
| XP and all software without reinstalling from scratch?
|
| With a backup and ASR available, would it be possible to
| restore the system to the state before the motherboard
| croaked?
|
| Thanks for the help.
| Juergen
|
|


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It is unlikely that the motherboard will be exactly the
same as manufacturers make changes. Therefore, will I
have problems with the registry reflecting the 'old'
board being in conflict with the new board?

I am hoping that the Intel motherboard drivers will
correct this problem. They will once the operating system
is running. But what if it will not boot because it
sees 'new' hardware?

Perhaps this will not happen, but I am not sure.

Juergen

>-----Original Message-----
>Yes - hopefully - provided that the motherboard is the
same and that the ASR created .bkf file is on a 2nd HDD
or floppies or tape and that none of the partition sizes
have been changed after the .bkf and floppy were created.
>
>I have used ASR to restore the system to different HDD.
It does work quite well.
>
>--
>Just my 2¢ worth,
> Jeff
>__________in response to__________
>"Juergen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:629501c357c7$43898420$(E-Mail Removed)...
>| A storm wiped out my power supply and I was fortunate
>| that the damage did not get to the motherboard, but it
>| could have.
>|
>| My question is: If I needed to install a new
motherboard
>| of the same type (Intel P4) would it be possible to
run
>| XP and all software without reinstalling from scratch?
>|
>| With a backup and ASR available, would it be possible
to
>| restore the system to the state before the motherboard
>| croaked?
>|
>| Thanks for the help.
>| Juergen
>|
>|
>
>
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It should work. The OS is not stored in the .bkf file just the settings. When you boot from the XP CD and opt for ASR the HD is formatted and a new copy of XP installed. Since it is a new copy on new hardware there should be no problem. After XP is installed is when the ..bkf and floppy come into the picture.

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
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"Juergen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:04ff01c357d5$1ad827d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
It is unlikely that the motherboard will be exactly the
same as manufacturers make changes. Therefore, will I
have problems with the registry reflecting the 'old'
board being in conflict with the new board?

I am hoping that the Intel motherboard drivers will
correct this problem. They will once the operating system
is running. But what if it will not boot because it
sees 'new' hardware?

Perhaps this will not happen, but I am not sure.

Juergen




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