Best way to upgr. motherboard

[Merlin]

I heard that windows doesn't like it when you uprade your
motherboard and re-attach your hard drive since it wont
necessarily recognize the new chipset, motherboard
drivers, etc. Can you just install the motherboard drivers
after it boots up for the first time or is this a bad
thing to do? Is there a less painful way to upgrade short
of formatting and reinstalling everything? Thanks for your
help.

 

[Nicholas]

Merlin --

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]


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Nicholas

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| I heard that windows doesn't like it when you uprade your
| motherboard and re-attach your hard drive since it wont
| necessarily recognize the new chipset, motherboard
| drivers, etc. Can you just install the motherboard drivers
| after it boots up for the first time or is this a bad
| thing to do? Is there a less painful way to upgrade short
| of formatting and reinstalling everything? Thanks for your
| help.

 

[Merlin]

Thanks for the prompt response guys!