will it work and wil i be able to keep all of my files

[Guest]

i have a pc and i'm putting a new mother board in it and the copy of windows
xp on it was from a recovery disc that came with the pc from acer and its a
32 bit version of windows. the new mother board is a 64 bit. i was wondering
my mom has a copy of windows xp home that she is not using( it is legit and
it is not on a pc at the moment) i was wondering if i had to put another
version of windows xp home (being my moms) or could i just leave the version
that is on the pc already on there and have the pc work fine and if i had to
put on another copy (being my moms) would i loose all my files because some
of he stuff on there is not replacable and i dont have any backups of it at
the moment. can oyu please help me asap. thank you very much

 

[Shenan Stanley]

i have a pc and i'm putting a new mother board in it and the copy
of windows xp on it was from a recovery disc that came with the pc
from acer and its a 32 bit version of windows. the new mother board
is a 64 bit. i was wondering my mom has a copy of windows xp home
that she is not using( it is legit and it is not on a pc at the
moment) i was wondering if i had to put another version of windows
xp home (being my moms) or could i just leave the version that is
on the pc already on there and have the pc work fine and if i had
to put on another copy (being my moms) would i loose all my files
because some of he stuff on there is not replacable and i dont have
any backups of it at the moment. can oyu please help me asap. thank
you very much

If all you is doing is replacing the motherboard - you *should* be able to
perform a repair install with your copy of Windows XP.

The truth is, however - doing anything major like this means you should
freshen you periodic backups one last time before diving in - because it is
possible you will lose everything.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

If all you is doing is replacing the motherboard - you *should* be
able to perform a repair install with your copy of Windows XP.

The truth is, however - doing anything major like this means you
should freshen you periodic backups one last time before diving in
- because it is possible you will lose everything.

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

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

 

[Guest]

but when i pop in the cd i got from the company that came with pc (from acer)
it does a format and then install and i have no way of just clicking repair
intall or anything like that. so if i pop in my moms disc will i have to
format my drive or will i just be able to not reinstall anything because it
is upgrading from a 32 bit processor and mother board to a 64 bit mother
board and processor.
my windows cd is one of those cd's that come with the pc from the manfacture
of my pc(acer) when it comes to the code on the sticker on the side of my
case i didnt need it and i have a new case anyways i might be able to get the
sticker depending if the guy i gave it to still has the case.

so do i have to reinstall a version of windows xp home and if i do does it
have to be the same one in order to keep my files if possible???

 

[Jerry]

Because the CD you have from ACER is an OEM version of XP and, when used,
will return the system to its original state. A repair install is only done
using the retail version of XP.

Also, if you're installing a 64-bit board (and CPU?) why would you not want
to install XP Pro 64?

 

[Guest]

i dont have that much money to spend. so i should be able to use my moms
version of xp (at the moment it is NOT installed on any pc) because i believe
it is a retail version. and i should just use the code from the sticker to
activate it..
if yes will just doing a repair allow me to keep the files on the hard drive
because i didn't thenk to back them up to external hard drive???

 

[Jerry]

You cannot re-use the CD from your Mom's computer. One install per CD per
system. Period.

i dont have that much money to spend. so i should be able to use my moms
version of xp (at the moment it is NOT installed on any pc) because i
believe
it is a retail version. and i should just use the code from the sticker to
activate it..
if yes will just doing a repair allow me to keep the files on the hard
drive
because i didn't thenk to back them up to external hard drive???

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

i dont have that much money to spend. so i should be able to use my moms
version of xp (at the moment it is NOT installed on any pc) because i believe
it is a retail version. and i should just use the code from the sticker to
activate it..
if yes will just doing a repair allow me to keep the files on the hard drive
because i didn't thenk to back them up to external hard drive???
--
it wasn''''''''t me

Because the CD you have from ACER is an OEM version of XP and, when used,
will return the system to its original state. A repair install is only done
using the retail version of XP.

Also, if you're installing a 64-bit board (and CPU?) why would you not want
to install XP Pro 64?

If it is a retail version of XP and not and OEM version and the product
key is not in use then you can use it.

Before you do however, down load a copy of Knoppix
(http://www.knoppix.org/), burn the iso to a CD, boot your macine with
this cd and back your data up to your external device.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

You cannot re-use the CD from your Mom's computer. One install per CD per
system. Period.

There is no restriction on using the same CD to install XP to multiple
machines. The restricion is on the licence, you need a different
Product Key, found on your Certificate of Authenticity, for each
install of the operating system unless you have a Volume licenced
version where you can use the same key on a set number of machines
according to your licence conditions.

 

[Guest]

Most ACERs have the Windows installation-files on the hard-disk. Look for an
'I386' folder in the root of C:

If you burn this to a CD it will give you the means of doing a repair
install, which might be needed after the mobo change. To do the repair
install you'd also need a bootable CD or floppy with DOS (and CD support) on
it. You can get this from http://bootdisk.com

To run the install from DOS, it's
D:
cd \i386
winnt

Where D: is the CD letter.

You can check this works before upgrading, just cancel the instal once
you've seen that it will run to the 'blue screen copying files' point.

Other thing to do is to make sure you have drivers available for the new
mobo. Check the disc supplied with the mobo BEFORE you start so you know
where the drivers are, that way you don't have to go searching through it on
a machine that isn't working properly!

-and yes, 64-bit boards run 32-bit OSs perfectly well. At the moment there
isn't any real 64-bit option anyway, except for (Well, you know,it uses a
penguin as its logo...)