replacing motherboard in Windows Vista machine

[Guest]

I have Windows Vista Home Premium on my machine, and I am replacing the
motherboard, RAM, and the video card with new upgraded components. I know
that with Windows XP you had to do a repair installation when you did this.
Is this the same with Windows Vista? Can I just change the hardware without
doing the repair install, and Vista will be able to handle it?

Thanks!
~Kyle

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have Windows Vista Home Premium on my machine, and I am replacing the
motherboard, RAM, and the video card with new upgraded components. I know
that with Windows XP you had to do a repair installation when you did this.
Is this the same with Windows Vista? Can I just change the hardware without
doing the repair install, and Vista will be able to handle it?

Thanks!
~Kyle

It's been made a little easier in Vista:

Startup Repair: frequently asked questions
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/5c59f8c1-b0d1-4f1a-af55-74f3922f3f351033.mspx


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[Guest]

Great info! Thanks a lot for your help!

It's been made a little easier in Vista:

Startup Repair: frequently asked questions
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/5c59f8c1-b0d1-4f1a-af55-74f3922f3f351033.mspx


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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

 

[Guest]

You will find that the VISTA repair option is for startup problems and is not
equivalent to XP's repair install. If you replace the things you say you will
have to do an Upgade install with VISTA ( upgrading to itself) this is as
close as it gets to XP's repair install. You will , of course have to
reactivate and most likely with the phone option. Also if the VISTA you have
is OEM, it will not be allowed to move to another different mother board
(most likely),

 

[Kurt Herman]

I did a MB swap, and when I rebooted, Vista just automatically installed all
the drivers needed for the new hardware (automatically detected). Didn't
have to do a re-install at all. I did have to call for re-activation, but I
expected to do that.

Kurt

 

[Guest]

Awesome, as a matter of fact, this is what happened to me as well. I put in
the new motherboard and other components, then I booted from the DVD. I
tried to do a startup repair, but it just gave me some kind of message about
if I have changed hardware recently to reboot again or something, and then
Vista booted up perfectly fine. I am on it right now, installing all the
drivers.

~Kyle