New Motherboard

[Steve Grosz]

Currently I am using a single P3 processor on 2000 server. I recently
purchased a dual P3 board, and would like to put it in my W2K machine, but
don't want to reformat my drives or reinstall the OS.

Is this going to cause any problems? The reason I don't want to reinstall
the OS is that I have everything set up just the way I want, and I know it
works fine.

Steve

 

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

Currently I am using a single P3 processor on 2000 server. I recently
purchased a dual P3 board, and would like to put it in my W2K machine, but
don't want to reformat my drives or reinstall the OS.

Is this going to cause any problems? The reason I don't want to reinstall
the OS is that I have everything set up just the way I want, and I know it
works fine.

Steve

The following post should help you:

From: "Bruce Chambers" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Replaced Motherboard
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 18:48:37 -0600

Greetings --

How to Move a Windows 2000 Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q249694

HTH&GL,

Bruce Chambers
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Always store beer in a dark place. -- RAH


From: "Bruce Chambers" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: changing motherboards and CPU's
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:53:20 -0700

Greetings --

Unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old one
(same chipset, IDE controllers, etc), you'll most likely need to
perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very
least (and don't forget to reinstall any service packs and subsequent
hot fixes):

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175


Bruce Chambers
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

 

[philo]

Currently I am using a single P3 processor on 2000 server. I recently
purchased a dual P3 board, and would like to put it in my W2K machine, but
don't want to reformat my drives or reinstall the OS.

Is this going to cause any problems? The reason I don't want to reinstall
the OS is that I have everything set up just the way I want, and I know it
works fine.

Steve

win2k is unlikely to survive a radical change in hardware
if your system does not boot,
you can boot from your win2k cd and choose to to a repair installation

you settings , apps and data should end up intact...
however you will have to reapply the windows updates!