Re: Chaning Hardare chipsets wiht XP home

With Windows 2000 onward the information from Microsoft on replacing the motherboad usually says to initiate in in-place upgrade and that when the computer begins to restart, to shut it down and replace the hardware then start the computer again. The newer instructions from Microsoft even say to launch the upgrade from a Windows session. See here:

How to replace the motherboard on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125

John

ChopperDan wrote:
Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore
*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://tinyurl.com/qmohl

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.

This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. 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.


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All that seems to make since, now should I intervene when the first
restart happens and transfer the hardware? Or should I transfer first
THEN run the reinstall?
Also, I did a transfer of my own system from an asus to an asus and an
AMD to an AMD, which must be why mine went so smoothly...
thanks again!



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