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My computer which was running an oem XP Home had a major motherboard
meltdown. As the computer itself was fairly old anyway, I have taken the
step of upgrading most of what was inside (only the hdds and the dvd are the
same).
So now it won't windows boot with the new hardware - oem eula violation -
because of the motherboard change. (It did display a message re hardware
changes or software changes effecting the OS)
So I want to know if I can just go and buy a full version XP Home (or indeed
another oem XP) and do a repair using the new XP Home CD (licence) and have
all my old settings, user accounts/documents etc saved? Is this possible?
Or would I
need do a re-install, and lose all the user accounts and associated files?
Or would I even be able to do a Vista upgrade over the oem XP (even if the
computer won't load up to the welcome screen as it is now)?
meltdown. As the computer itself was fairly old anyway, I have taken the
step of upgrading most of what was inside (only the hdds and the dvd are the
same).
So now it won't windows boot with the new hardware - oem eula violation -
because of the motherboard change. (It did display a message re hardware
changes or software changes effecting the OS)
So I want to know if I can just go and buy a full version XP Home (or indeed
another oem XP) and do a repair using the new XP Home CD (licence) and have
all my old settings, user accounts/documents etc saved? Is this possible?
Or would I
need do a re-install, and lose all the user accounts and associated files?
Or would I even be able to do a Vista upgrade over the oem XP (even if the
computer won't load up to the welcome screen as it is now)?