Motherboard Upgrade=Reload XP?

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Lars-Erik Østerud said:
Robert Hancock skrev:


And it doesn't matter if you use FAT, FAT32 or NTFS either?
How on earth do one upgrade the MB of a PC running XP then?

My system is a dual boot Win98se / XP Pro, could I use Win98se to boot
with a new MB, and then do somthing with the XP installation (is FAT32
so all files are accessable from Win98se as well), or... ?
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You can also use the administration tools from the command line, to set
the system, so it is in the state that it is normally in on the first
reboot after an XP install. You then shutdown, and install the new
hardware, and the full identification phase will be run just like on a
clean install. This though treats it as a new install, and always has to
be rebranded, and given all the drivers, even those that are already
present.

Best Wishes
 
Lars-Erik Østerud said:
Robert Hancock skrev:




And it doesn't matter if you use FAT, FAT32 or NTFS either?
How on earth do one upgrade the MB of a PC running XP then?

My system is a dual boot Win98se / XP Pro, could I use Win98se to boot
with a new MB, and then do somthing with the XP installation (is FAT32
so all files are accessable from Win98se as well), or... ?
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The main obstacle tends to be the IDE/SATA controller. If you first set
Windows to use the standard Microsoft IDE driver instead of any
model-specific driver, it stands a better chance of working when the
motherboard is swapped since the driver will likely still work to load
Windows on the new board.

Other than that, one can also do a repair installation of XP from the
install CD..
 
Robert Hancock skrev:
The main obstacle tends to be the IDE/SATA controller. If you first set
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Hehe, so when using a 3rd party controller (like the P4PE's S-ATA) and
then changing to a new MB with a build-in Intel S-ATA, would..... ????
 
Lars-Erik Østerud said:
Robert Hancock skrev:




Hehe, so when using a 3rd party controller (like the P4PE's S-ATA) and
then changing to a new MB with a build-in Intel S-ATA, would..... ????
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In that case (where the current system has an controller not built into
the chipset and the Microsoft driver cannot run it), I don't think this
method is possible, you'd need to do a repair install or re-install.
 
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