Possible to upgrade system without re-installing XP?

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JAD pravi:
disable OB peripherials that better? I forgot that there are some who
would take OB EVERYTHING 'literally'......jeesh
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I'm only bitching about it because it is common practice to actually
disable everything. People at computer stores do it and then you end up
with brand new half broken computers.

I apologize if I sounded too offensive, everybody has a right to bitch a
bit every now and then.

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Jure Sah said:
Larc pravi:

Generally unwise strategy unless your BIOS setup program is built to
survive Americans.

DO NOT turn off any of the basic system capabilities (this would be
pretty much everything short of integrated Audio and Modem) during
install or when installing new hardware! Windows needs some of the
system facilities to derive information it needs to set up devices
correctly (PnP, ACPI and APIC are the most basic ones, tho you are also
looking at options to provide an IRQ to your USB / graphic card, etc).
Windows XP also detects and installs support for some of these
facilities only during it's own install process.

If the basic of these facilities are turned off during the initial
installation of the system, your computer will be improperly configured
and you are facing serious instability, which may however only surface
after you install certain hardware / use certain software, etc.

A repair installation (that is the "Repair Installation" not the repair
system rescue with a floppy disk thingie) will perform the detection
Windows XP only does during it's own install. Do not try to install
Windows XP over the current installation directly, as you will end up
with a second, independent Windows XP installation and a boot loader to
choose between the two (it will work, but it's not what you want).

If you are still facing trouble at this point, go into the BIOS and make
sure the aforementioned PnP is set to Yes, and the APIC and ACPI are
both enabled, then do a repair installation.

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You can install over an existing XP/2000 as long as you point it at the same
directory.
During installation Windows asks where you want to put it.If it finds an
existing install it will choose a different directory.Changing that to the
original path will allow you to install over the existing copy.
 
| repair install is nearly infallable...when it hasn't worked for me, its been
| integrated sound or LAN that hangs XP.
| I disable OB EVERYTHING, install XP, then enable when all is well.

I followed this suggestion and everything went smooth as silk! :)

Larc



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Larc said:
| repair install is nearly infallable...when it hasn't worked for me, its been
| integrated sound or LAN that hangs XP.
| I disable OB EVERYTHING, install XP, then enable when all is well.

I followed this suggestion and everything went smooth as silk! :)

Larc
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Good to hear....
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| | > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:20:39 -0700, "JAD" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
| >
| > | repair install is nearly infallable...when it hasn't worked for me, its
| been
| > | integrated sound or LAN that hangs XP.
| > | I disable OB EVERYTHING, install XP, then enable when all is well.
| >
| > I followed this suggestion and everything went smooth as silk! :)
| >
| > Larc
| Good to hear....

Thanks again, JAD. I had a little trouble with the Intel chipset drivers after
the main installation, but that seems to be fixed now after I deleted an old
845GE entry from the Registry.

Larc



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Larc said:
I'm changing motherboard and CPU on my second system. Going from an MSI 845GE
board to an ASUS 865PE and from a Pentium 4 (single core) to a Pentium D (dual
core) CPU. All other hardware will remain the same. I've heard of a few people
who had luck doing nothing except booting with a new board installed. Others
have claimed an XP repair install with the new board in place makes all the
necessary driver and setting changes. But I've never seemed to be able to get
by without wiping my system drive clean and installing everything from scratch.

Any secrets to making the switch without having to completely re-install every
bit of software?

Thanks for any help!

Larc



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I have used this tip many times. No need to do reinstall or repair
install. Fast and easy!!!

http://www.maximumpc.com/2004/01/the_best_reader.html

Scroll down to the section entitled "Changing motherboards without
reinstalling Win XP"

Bill
 
| I have used this tip many times. No need to do reinstall or repair
| install. Fast and easy!!!
|
| http://www.maximumpc.com/2004/01/the_best_reader.html
|
| Scroll down to the section entitled "Changing motherboards without
| reinstalling Win XP"

Sounds great. I'll have three more to do over the next few weeks and will give
this method a try. Thanks very much!

Larc



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