TAGURO said:i'm planning to upgrade my old mobo to P5P800PE and LGA 775 of course
and i want to transfer my OS WINDOWS XP to the new mobo.do i need to
doo something?can i install it directly?
TAGURO said:i'm planning to upgrade my old mobo to P5P800PE and LGA 775 of course and i
want to transfer my OS WINDOWS XP to the new mobo.do i need to doo
something?can i install it directly?
Michael Stevens said:Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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i have an OEM XP Pro and an old MACHSPEED S446 motherboard and want to transfer it to a new ASUS socket T. Can the repair install fix the problem? or Do i need to buy a new OS for the new mobo?
Bruce Chambers said:Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations and
licenses, especially those of the branded, BIOS-locked variety, are not
transferable to a new motherboard - check yours *before* starting),
unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same
IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP
installation was originally performed, 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
The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.
As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.
This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than
120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.
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old motherboard didn't come with OEM XP PRO, bought it separately and installed it. i'm still giong to use my old ide hard drive and add a new sata hard drive for new motherboard. am i still going to buy a new OS for new motherboard?
TAGURO said:I have an OEM XP PRO in my very old MACHSPEED S446 motherboard and i want to
upgrade it to ASUS P5P800PE. Can repair install solve the problem? Do I need
to buy a new OS for the new motherboard?
You do NOT need to buy another copy, ASSUMING the copy you have works
with the new motherboard. You paid for a copy for ONE machine, you
are still using just ONE machine, you're covered.
Since you say you bought a "standard" oem copy, it should not be
locked to a particular MB or bios. It should work or you, but "you
never know!". You'll need to try it.
FWIW, I would do a clean install. Back up all your critical stuff and
start fresh. As suggested, I would also use your current system to
make a slipstreamed SP2 install disk and build clean from it. Yeah,
it's more work to reinstall everything, but it's worth it, you know
then that it didn't inherit any junk.
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