Upgrading to new processor and Motherboard

[Jerry Kutcher]

I plan to upgrade my system with a new Intel Pentium P4 processor and mother board
(I now amusing an older AMD Athlon with EPOX motherboard and Phoenix BIOS)

I am using Windows XP Pro and have installed SP1 on my hard drive, which I plan to keep
Will I have to reload anything (like Win XP) on my hard dive or does that info remain valid?
Many thanks
Jerry Kutcher

 

[Michael Stevens]

I plan to upgrade my system with a new Intel Pentium P4 processor and
mother board
(I now amusing an older AMD Athlon with EPOX motherboard and Phoenix
BIOS)

I am using Windows XP Pro and have installed SP1 on my hard drive,
which I plan to keep
Will I have to reload anything (like Win XP) on my hard dive or does
that info remain valid?
Many thanks
Jerry Kutcher

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, assuming a retail license, unless the new motherboard is
virtually identical to the old one (same chipset, same IDE
controllers, same BIOS version, etc.), 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.


Bruce Chambers

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I plan to upgrade my system with a new Intel Pentium P4 processor and
mother board
(I now amusing an older AMD Athlon with EPOX motherboard and Phoenix
BIOS)

I am using Windows XP Pro and have installed SP1 on my hard drive,
which I plan to keep
Will I have to reload anything (like Win XP) on my hard dive or does
that info remain valid?
Many thanks
Jerry Kutcher

 

[sqr]

Change the Mobo, CPU and see if the machine will startup. Sometime you will
get lucky if you make a few moves like going back to the basic devices.

In Device manager remove all of the hardware you do not need eg. video,
lan,sound, modem cards, Monitor, mouse, usb controllers, secondary IDE
controllers, floppy controllers. You can dig deeper and remove some of the
system drivers to. If you have gone to far the system will stop that is all.
Upon reboot the drivers will reinstall to try again.

If all else fail a repair install must be perform but this will remove all
of you updates which must be reinstall later.

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I plan to upgrade my system with a new Intel Pentium P4 processor and mother
board
(I now amusing an older AMD Athlon with EPOX motherboard and Phoenix BIOS)

I am using Windows XP Pro and have installed SP1 on my hard drive, which I
plan to keep
Will I have to reload anything (like Win XP) on my hard dive or does that
info remain valid?
Many thanks
Jerry Kutcher

 

[Michael Stevens]

Change the Mobo, CPU and see if the machine will startup. Sometime you will
get lucky if you make a few moves like going back to the basic devices.

In Device manager remove all of the hardware you do not need eg. video,
lan,sound, modem cards, Monitor, mouse, usb controllers, secondary IDE
controllers, floppy controllers. You can dig deeper and remove some of the
system drivers to. If you have gone to far the system will stop that is all.
Upon reboot the drivers will reinstall to try again.

If all else fail a repair install must be perform but this will remove all
of you updates which must be reinstall later.

sqr,
It has been my experience and observation of others experience when changing
the mother board, if the swap is to the same MB, it is safe to boot directly
to Windows, but if the MB and CPU, chipset are different, it is like playing
Russian Roulette. If it is successful, great, you should not have any
problems, but if the system does not boot successfully on the first boot,
there is a great chance, it will never boot on the new MB. I always suggest
booting from the XP CD and performing a Repair Install on the first boot
after configuring the new hardware. It will necessitate applying all the
updates, Service Packs, etc. not included on the setup CD. The
alterternative if XP does not boot on the first boot is usually a clean
install because if it doesn't boot, it will usually not give an option to
Repair Install. I have seen some success in recovering by returning to the
original hardware configuration and then after rebuilding the option to
repair will again be an option.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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[Jerry Kutcher]

Many thanks and Happy Holidays to all of you for your suggestions
Sincerely
Jerry Kutcher

I plan to upgrade my system with a new Intel Pentium P4 processor and
mother board
(I now amusing an older AMD Athlon with EPOX motherboard and Phoenix
BIOS)

I am using Windows XP Pro and have installed SP1 on my hard drive,
which I plan to keep
Will I have to reload anything (like Win XP) on my hard dive or does
that info remain valid?
Many thanks
Jerry Kutcher

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.