Re: Change motherboard with XP installed
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 06/29/04
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:36:43 +0100
oldcomptrguy wrote:
>I want to update the CPU and motherboard for my wife's
>comptr. The 80G hard drive has XP Home already
>installed.
>
>Since XP recognizes the motherboard and CPU, it will not
>work on the new motherboard.
>
>I don't have to buy another XP CD do I?
You will need to do at least a repair reinstall of XP. If it is a
'retail' CD as opposed to an XP that came installed on the machine with
only some 'restore' facility, then Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard
disk, then boot the XP CD, start Setup (do not take 'Repair' at this
stage), then after the license agreement take 'Repair Installation'.
This will retain your existing software installations and most settings.
But Updates will have to be run again, especially SP1 unless the CD
includes it
;
It is important to activate the basic XP Firewall before you ever
connect to the net to get the patches, so as to be protected against
things like the BLAST worm.
You may find you have made so many changes that you need to activate
again by phoning in,
Always back up essential data before doing any major system operation
like this, if you are still in a position to do so
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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