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Hi, i saw another post on this but did not fully understand.

I am upgrading my PC with new MoBo, CPU (from AMD to Intel) and new memory,
but i am keeping my HDD w/ full-version, retail Vista Ultimate OS (this was
upgraded just a few months ago)

Will the OS "read" my hardware-changes upon boot-up and make the necessary
changes automatically, or will i have to do a completely re-install of the OS
as well?

Thank you.
 
Yes, you'll have to reinstall Windows Vista as your
new hardware is vastly different from the originally
hardware.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Hi, i saw another post on this but did not fully understand.

I am upgrading my PC with new MoBo, CPU (from AMD to Intel) and new memory,
but i am keeping my HDD w/ full-version, retail Vista Ultimate OS (this was
upgraded just a few months ago)

Will the OS "read" my hardware-changes upon boot-up and make the necessary
changes automatically, or will i have to do a completely re-install of the OS
as well?

Thank you.
 
PeroTT said:
Hi, i saw another post on this but did not fully understand.

I am upgrading my PC with new MoBo, CPU (from AMD to Intel) and new memory,
but i am keeping my HDD w/ full-version, retail Vista Ultimate OS (this was
upgraded just a few months ago)

Will the OS "read" my hardware-changes upon boot-up and make the necessary
changes automatically, or will i have to do a completely re-install of the OS
as well?

Thank you.
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Given the extent of the changes you should do an "Upgrade" install to
keep all your settings, installed programs etc.
 
Thank you for the replies,

So, if i boot up on the OS-cd, choose "upgrade", i should be fine. It will
basically just "upgrade" to the new hardware settings?

Will i need a second product key for the OS?

Thank you.
 
Thank you for the replies,

So, if i boot up on the OS-cd, choose "upgrade", i should be fine. It will
basically just "upgrade" to the new hardware settings?

Will i need a second product key for the OS?

Thank you.






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I connected my HDD with original Vista Ultimate 32-bit installation to
a completely different motherboard (Intel vs. Asus), different CPU
(Core 2 Quad vs. P4), different RAM (DDR2 vs. Rambus), different video
card (PCIe vs. AGP) and different sound card (from Soundblaster to
mobo integrated) and everything was detected without the need to "re-
install". It took a few re-boots for Vista to load all the drivers,
but I was amazed! Of course, YMMV.
 
PeroTT said:
Thank you for the replies,

So, if i boot up on the OS-cd, choose "upgrade", i should be fine. It will
basically just "upgrade" to the new hardware settings?

Will i need a second product key for the OS?

Thank you.
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Yes - it is possible to just let the system boot and try to sort itself
out, but you run a chance of having your system messed up into a state
where even 'upgrade' won't fix it!
 
Yes - it is possible to just let the system boot and try to sort itself
out, but you run a chance of having your system messed up into a state
where even 'upgrade' won't fix it!- Hide quoted text -

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I didn't know it was even possible to do an "upgrade" or in-place re-
install of Vista like you could with XP.
I assume you would need to boot from the HDD first and then access
some "setup.exe" file on the DVD?
 
RonnieJP said:
I didn't know it was even possible to do an "upgrade" or in-place re-
install of Vista like you could with XP.
I assume you would need to boot from the HDD first and then access
some "setup.exe" file on the DVD?
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I was having a senior moment! You're absolutely right. Unlike XP, with
Vista the upgrade has to be done from the booted system. So, with luck
there has to be enough of the system there to start the CD.
 
cvp said:
I was having a senior moment! You're absolutely right. Unlike XP, with
Vista the upgrade has to be done from the booted system. So, with luck
there has to be enough of the system there to start the CD.
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Thanks guys,

So, basically what you are saying is that i shall boot normally and then
access the OS-dvd and run upgrade?
 
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