new prosessor and mother board

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alastair

I have to upgrade the prossesor and mother board on this
machine, but i understand that when you do this XP has a
problem and although you will be able to access the data
on the drive if you boot as a slave you wont be able to
if you boot up as the primarydrive like normal.
Is there an easy way to get around this, I would like to
basically just be able to put the new processor and
mother board in and boot up the drive like normal and
keep everything else as is if pos. Any ideas?
 
alastair said:
I have to upgrade the prossesor and mother board on this
machine, but i understand that when you do this XP has a
problem and although you will be able to access the data
on the drive if you boot as a slave you wont be able to
if you boot up as the primarydrive like normal.
Is there an easy way to get around this, I would like to
basically just be able to put the new processor and
mother board in and boot up the drive like normal and
keep everything else as is if pos. Any ideas?
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Sure! Replace the mobo and processor (keeping the drive setup just as it is
now) and boot up with the XP CD. Do a Repair install and you're all set.
 
The specific steps for this are at:

315341 How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315341

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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
Tom Lake said:
Sure! Replace the mobo and processor (keeping the drive setup just as it is
now) and boot up with the XP CD. Do a Repair install and you're all set.
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Respectfully, I started the thread "BSOD 7B with new hardware - beyond
common answers?" just because of responses like this. I've seen
reports of data being lost via the Repair option, often a lot of
software needs to be reinstalled as well, and some have reported the
need to do a complete re-install after Repair gets messed up. It's
not as slam-dunk as it's made out to be here and I think quick
responses like this are a dis-service without the warnings.

I'll defer to those with more experience...
 
Greetings --

Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the
old one (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.),
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 probably 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

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