New Motherboard old HD...how to install ?

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Okay...to keep this on topic...My current motherboard is a P2B running a
Powerleap Slotket and a 1.4.
I'm looking at getting one of the new generation MB's (2.4 etc.) but.......I
want to keep my current HD and everything that's on it.
Can I just assemble the new MB and connect the HD and go ? I don't want to do a
full Windows reinstall ( running 98SE) - but I'm sure that there's going to be
some issues somewhere.

Dan
 
My65notch said:
Okay...to keep this on topic...My current motherboard is a P2B running a
Powerleap Slotket and a 1.4.
I'm looking at getting one of the new generation MB's (2.4 etc.)
but.......I want to keep my current HD and everything that's on it.
Can I just assemble the new MB and connect the HD and go ? I don't want
to do a full Windows reinstall ( running 98SE) - but I'm sure that
there's going to be some issues somewhere.
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With Win98 what I tend to do when changing chipset is to boot to safe mode,
remove _all_ devices from device manager, shut down, swap motherboard, power
on, cross fingers.

You will want to have all of your new drivers to hand - preferably all
sitting in a directory structure, unzipped and ready to go. Any drivers
that were installed for devices before, such as video card should just
install themselves again, but still worth having them handy.

Don't be surprised if you have problems though, always expect to have to do
an install over the top, but preferably a clean one. If the above works,
think of it as a bonus.

Ben
 
You should be able to plug in the hard drive, but in all probability you
will be FORCED to do a Windows reinstallation, there are huge changes
from a P2B to any Pentium 4 system, and while you might "get lucky",
it's more likely that they system will never be truly stable until you
do a new installation.

Have you considered setting up dual boot, with Windows 98SE on C:,
Windows XP on D:, and your data files on E:?
 
My65notch said:
Okay...to keep this on topic...My current motherboard is a P2B running a
Powerleap Slotket and a 1.4.
I'm looking at getting one of the new generation MB's (2.4 etc.) but.......I
want to keep my current HD and everything that's on it.
Can I just assemble the new MB and connect the HD and go ? I don't want to do a
full Windows reinstall ( running 98SE) - but I'm sure that there's going to be
some issues somewhere.

Dan
Click to expand...
Here is an interesting article on the subject.

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/other/motherboard/win98me.htm
 
Ben Pope said:
With Win98 what I tend to do when changing chipset is to boot to safe mode,
remove _all_ devices from device manager, shut down, swap motherboard, power
on, cross fingers.

You will want to have all of your new drivers to hand - preferably all
sitting in a directory structure, unzipped and ready to go. Any drivers
that were installed for devices before, such as video card should just
install themselves again, but still worth having them handy.

Don't be surprised if you have problems though, always expect to have to do
an install over the top, but preferably a clean one. If the above works,
think of it as a bonus.
Click to expand...

I did this a few times: no problems at all.
Only once it gave me problems: from upgrading a P200MMX/W95 to a PIV/W98SE

The solution in the last one was:
goto DOS, check the CD is still functional.
Delete the file c:\windows\win.com
Run setup from the CD - full version.

Now the setup "thinks" it is an upgrade and will act like that. So the
installed programs, menus, favorites etc etc kept the way they were. Besides
that, you get a "fresh" install.

b.t.w.: make a good backup/image of your drive.

hth

Frank
 
You won't have any problems. You not dealing with a piece of shit like
WinXP. Just plug it in. Boot all the way into windows. Once it finishes
booting load the new motherboard drivers.
 
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