New mobo - new XP installation?

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Hey all, I am thinking about upgrading my motherboard and was wonderin
how it will pan out with my current XP installation. Will I have t
wipe my hard drive and do a fresh install? Or can I just install th
new mobo without going through all that
 
JonPM said:
Hey all, I am thinking about upgrading my motherboard and was wondering
how it will pan out with my current XP installation. Will I have to
wipe my hard drive and do a fresh install? Or can I just install the
new mobo without going through all that?
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In my experiences, a new install of the OS is best along with compatible
drivers for the new hardware. Bios adjustment may be needed before
installing the OS.
 
Thanks for the replies, I guess I'll probably end up doing a fres
install :( What sucks is I just did one about 2 weeks ago because
got a new hard drive, and I finally got all my apps/games installed.
Guess the second time around should go a bit faster tho..
 
Be sure to wipe all current partitions on that hard drive. When I say start
anew, I mean exactly that.
 
I've had decent luck with upgrading motherboards without having to do a fresh
install. The first time I did it I had absolutely no problems. The second
time I upgraded the motherboard, my new processor had hyperthreading whereas
the onld one didn't. I'm having difficulties getting XP to recognize that my
processor hyperthreads, but other than that, all went well. It did take
several reboots, several driver upgrades, and a long but toll-free phone call
to India (to re-activate my installation), but really, not too bad.
 
I also want to upgrade my motherboard and want to use old HD with XP

Please tell me what did u do step by step.

I shall be glad to know. I have SP2 also loaded by CD sent to me by
Microsoft.

Thanks in anticipation.

Suresh
 
It was not too difficult.
1. Backup all data - catastrophes happen.
2. Make sure that you have copies of all the drivers that are needed for
your hardware.
3. Replace motherboard/processor
4. Restart the computer. Assuming that you installed the mobo properly, it
should boot up and go through multiple driver updates. There's a lot of
restarting involved -at some point it instructed me to enter my product
activation key. It didn't accept the key and gave me a telephone number to
call. I spoke with a very nice woman who gave me an obscenely long code to
enter, and all was well.

As I mentioned before, I ran into issues with the hyperthreading component.
Other people have recommended that I do a repair install to correct the
issue, and I'll proceed with that shortly. My biggest headache in the whole
procedure was actually getting the mobo installed - getting windows into a
good place was tedious, but it took care of itself. I noticed that you posted
the same question elsewhere - take the answer that the other guy gave you to
heart. He has some good tips.
 
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