Reinstall XP Pro for Dual core CPU Support?

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I'm looking at changing my Athlon 64 for a dual core Athlon 64 and I would
like to know if I need to reinstall XP Pro to load the correct files for
multi threading? I’m sure I read ages ago XP and other versions of NT only
load multi threading files when you install windows, or does that only apply
to two physical CPU’s?
 
You may have to perform a "repair install" if you cannot
boot into Windows XP after installing the new CPU.
See the following:

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

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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| I'm looking at changing my Athlon 64 for a dual core Athlon 64 and I would
| like to know if I need to reinstall XP Pro to load the correct files for
| multi threading? I’m sure I read ages ago XP and other versions of NT only
| load multi threading files when you install windows, or does that only apply
| to two physical CPU’s?
 
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