upgrade MoBo & CPU

[Kevin K]

I have a legit XP Pro installation and I'm about
to upgrade motherboard and CPU and I don't really
want to be locked out of my PC after the upgrade.

What can I do to prevent WinXP from locking
down after the hardware changes?
Or can I contact MS support prior to the upgrade so that
XP will accept the new HW?

current
AMD 1.2
Asus A7A266 MoBo
368mb DDR RAM,
3 x 60GB hard disk

New:
AMD 2400+ (2.0GHZ)
Asus A7N8X
512 DDR RAM

 

[Cerridwen]

I have a legit XP Pro installation and I'm about
to upgrade motherboard and CPU and I don't really
want to be locked out of my PC after the upgrade.

What can I do to prevent WinXP from locking
down after the hardware changes?
Or can I contact MS support prior to the upgrade so that
XP will accept the new HW?

current
AMD 1.2
Asus A7A266 MoBo
368mb DDR RAM,
3 x 60GB hard disk

New:
AMD 2400+ (2.0GHZ)
Asus A7N8X
512 DDR RAM

As it will be necessary to perform a repair installation, and therefore you
will be required to reactivate, your question is moot.

 

[Guest]

Thanks.

Where can I find more information about a
"repair installation?" Also will I lose my data with
this repair installation?

thanks again

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not
transferable to a new motherboard), unless your motherboard is
virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS
version, etc.) to the one on which the other 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

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also 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.


Bruce Chambers

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[Michael Stevens]

Thanks.

Where can I find more information about a
"repair installation?" Also will I lose my data with
this repair installation?

thanks again

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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[Guest]

thanks for the advice and the links to the MS articles!

Kevin

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice and the link to the article.

Kevin