G
Guest
if I install a new motherboard & chip will i have to
reload Windows XP?
reload Windows XP?
K
kawipoo
If you don't have many programs I would recommend a clean install. Otherwise
I have heard three options which may or may not work:
1. Before booting up the hard drive put in your XP CD and do a repair.
2. Make an XP backup of your system and store it on another parition or
DVD. Install windows xp and then do a restore of the backup. (The backup
does not store the chipset data)
3. Go to device manager and go to IDE ATA/ATA controllers and click on the
storage controller. Click on properties and change the driver to a generic
driver and then shutdown the system and move the hard drive over to the
other system. The system will then boot up without a blue screen and you
can load the motherboard drivers.
Item 1 is the common method but Microsoft mentions the 2nd method and the
third method is mentioned in PC World.
I have heard three options which may or may not work:
1. Before booting up the hard drive put in your XP CD and do a repair.
2. Make an XP backup of your system and store it on another parition or
DVD. Install windows xp and then do a restore of the backup. (The backup
does not store the chipset data)
3. Go to device manager and go to IDE ATA/ATA controllers and click on the
storage controller. Click on properties and change the driver to a generic
driver and then shutdown the system and move the hard drive over to the
other system. The system will then boot up without a blue screen and you
can load the motherboard drivers.
Item 1 is the common method but Microsoft mentions the 2nd method and the
third method is mentioned in PC World.
M
Michael Cecil
It's very likely that you will need to do a repair install unless you get
the same model motherboard.
B
Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not
transferable to a new motherboard), unless your motherboard is
virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS
version, etc.) to the one on which the other WinXP installation was
originally performed, 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 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
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not
transferable to a new motherboard), unless your motherboard is
virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS
version, etc.) to the one on which the other WinXP installation was
originally performed, 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 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
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
R
RAVENSBAALZ
SIMPLE NO JUST PUT IN OLD HARD DRIVE BOOT UP XP WHEN ON
WINDOWS YOU MUST REMOVE OLD MOTHERBOARD DRIVERS AND
ANYYTHING ELSE THAT HAD TOO DO WITH YOUR OLD MOTHERBOARD
AND INSTALL THE NEW ONES OK
WINDOWS YOU MUST REMOVE OLD MOTHERBOARD DRIVERS AND
ANYYTHING ELSE THAT HAD TOO DO WITH YOUR OLD MOTHERBOARD
AND INSTALL THE NEW ONES OK
J
J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT]
All of the replies you've received so far are absolutely valid and I would
make sure that I have a current backup of all data files, and I'd plan on
having to do a reinstall. With that said, I've gone through this twice now
and Windows XP simply detected and installed new/different drivers and after
a couple reboots worked as good as ever. That doesn't mean you will be as
lucky though, it just depends on how different your new hardware is from the
old.
--
J.C. Hornbeck, MCSE
Microsoft Product Support
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make sure that I have a current backup of all data files, and I'd plan on
having to do a reinstall. With that said, I've gone through this twice now
and Windows XP simply detected and installed new/different drivers and after
a couple reboots worked as good as ever. That doesn't mean you will be as
lucky though, it just depends on how different your new hardware is from the
old.
--
J.C. Hornbeck, MCSE
Microsoft Product Support
NOTE: Please reply to the newsgroup and not directly to me. This allows
others to add to and benefit from these threads and also helps to ensure a
more timely response. Thank you!
This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty either expressed or
implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.