What to do for a new motherboard install?

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Hi all,

I have to replace an ECS motherboard with an MSI in an
XP Home machine.

1. Do I do a repair install and if so what do I type in at the
prompt if/when I get it?

2. How do I get the old programs to be recognized by the
new install?

Anything else I should be aware of?

thanks,
charles......
 
Is it the same for XP Home since it describlew a repair install for
XP Pro?

thanks.....
 
It is the same procedure. Which chipset is on each board, if they are
similar (both Intel or some other make) you may not need to do a repair
install, also if the system still boots using the old board, try changing
the hard drive controllers to Standard before the swap, this may prevent you
needing a repair install even with a different chipset on each board. There
is also one more option if you have a pci IDE controller card kicking
around.

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***** charles said:
Hi all,

I have to replace an ECS motherboard with an MSI in an
XP Home machine.

1. Do I do a repair install and if so what do I type in at the
prompt if/when I get it?
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Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are
*not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting),
unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same
IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the 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

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

2. How do I get the old programs to be recognized by the
new install?
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That should be automatic, if the repair installation goes well. If
not, simply reinstall any affected applications from their original
installation media.
Anything else I should be aware of?
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It cannot be said too often: As always when undertaking such a
significant change, back up any important data before starting.


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