Upgrading to a new motherboard with Windows XP

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Does anyone have experience upgrading a Motherboard with
Windows XP? Will it recognize and adjusst to the new
components, or do I need to reinstall the OS, as with
previous versions?

Thanks
 
DSB said:
Does anyone have experience upgrading a Motherboard with
Windows XP? Will it recognize and adjusst to the new
components, or do I need to reinstall the OS, as with
previous versions?
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You will have to do a repair installation..
This is like installing over the OS you have in place.

Perform a repair installation...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/tips/dougknox/doug92.asp
or
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm
or
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315341


Or, if things get desperate:
Perform a clean installation...
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm
 
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 probably also require re-activation. 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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About the only thing that will keep it from starting on new m/b is the ide
drivers. Change them to generic just before shutting down for the heart
transplant. Try setting computer to a portable that is docked, also. This
will reduce the wpa counts.
 
What the chipset it, is why you set the ide to generic. Xp will start in
safe mode and other drivers can be removed or changed as needed there . I
may be wrong but all except the ide drivers are not used in safemode or will
be adjusted as needed. As long as you change to generic ide you can put that
hdd in justabout anything you want and if done right it won't even trigger
the wpa. I can pull my hdd from my soyo with kt400 chipset,512 m ram, mx440
video, usb2.0, put it in my Dads old PII box with onboard trident video and
128m ram, and not even trigger the wpa. I've never encountered an issue
doing this. I have 9 brothers and sisters that live 200+ miles away, when
they want a new hard drive, it is easier for me to install xp with their coa
at my home, and then when I visit them, I can visit instead of spending 1/2
the day loding xp.
 
What if you can't get the windows setup to go past the driver loading
during CD Boot? I mean, I try to get into setup to reinstall WinXP but
it sticks after loading all the driver setup files and says loading
windows setup but it freezes there.
 
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