New Motherboard

[Woody99]

I am contemplating installing a new motherboard. I will
be using my old hard drives. I will only be changing the
motherboard (and processor), memory, and case. I am
wondering what problems I may encounter with Windows XP
Home edition when I make this change. I still have the
original copy of Windows XP I installed some time ago,
but would prefer to not start with fresh install.

TIA,

Woody

 

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Do the following below as the link says to do ok

Do a repair install
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

Alvin

 

[Pete Baker]

Hi Woody

You'll have problems restarting windows as there will have been major
changes in hardware. Xp configures itself to suit the hardware on
installation.

Firstly, you should back up any important files before making any hardware
changes.
Many users, myself included, prefer to do a clean install after major
changes as you describe.

However, for details on the repair procedure (which will suit your purposes)
see the following Knowledge Base article

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

After doing this you may need to re-activate your installation of XP. If it
has been more than 120 days since you last re-activated you should be able
to activate over the internet, otherwise it will require a short phonecall.

After the repair install you will need to re-install any XP service packs
and updates, but you will not need to re-install any applications.

The other alternative, as I have said, is a clean install of XP.

Hope that helps
Pete

 

[sqr]

If and this is a must the chipsets are the same Via to Via or Sis to Sis then the OS will work and reconfigure itself without a repair install.

We have done this many a time.

But if the chipsets are totally different then a repair install is a must.

--
sqr
Overseer: alt.os.windows-xp
--
Hello
Do the following below as the link says to do ok

Do a repair install
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

Alvin


Woody99 wrote:

I am contemplating installing a new motherboard. I will
be using my old hard drives. I will only be changing the
motherboard (and processor), memory, and case. I am
wondering what problems I may encounter with Windows XP
Home edition when I make this change. I still have the
original copy of Windows XP I installed some time ago,
but would prefer to not start with fresh install.
TIA,

Woody

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old one
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.), you'll
need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at
the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341


Bruce Chambers

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