Re: Motherboard Swap on XP System
- From: "Anando [MS-MVP]" <anando@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:19:06 -0300
Hello,
You will have to perform a repair install of Windows XP. Some detailed instructions on performaing
the same is mentioned here:
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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"Arthur Shapiro" <art.shapiro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My main XP Pro machine failed last night, with symptomology consistent with an
> actual failure of the motherboard. I'm going to try and attack it
> methodically tonight, but realistically I think the board will be "pining for
> the fjords.".
>
> I would like to take the primary disk from that machine, and cable it into the
> old backup desktop machine in place of that machine's primary hard drive
> while I figure out what to do. That way I won't have to spend major amounts
> of time getting the Outlook .pst file moved and configured, not to mention all
> the other relatively important stuff sitting on that main machine.
>
> When I've done that in the past, that has always required a reinstall of
> Windows because the motherboards are totally different architectures and
> obviously take a different set of drivers and dlls and what have you.
>
> But I have a hunch this is not necessary if one knows the right tricks or
> perhaps how to run the mysterious Repair console.
>
> Can anyone talk me through what I need to do in order to stick a hard drive
> with a good, running XP Pro installation onto a foreign machine?
>
> A second question: I run a small network at home - cable modem into SMC
> Barricade 4 port hub. The failing machine connects to the hub, as does a
> wireless router. I've found that when my primary machine is turned off (or in
> the case of this failure, is dead) that none of my networking works - wired or
> wireless. I had to cable the backup desktop machine directly into the cable
> modem in order to have any connectivity. Just wired into the hub it waits
> forever for an IP address. I just don't understand what the main machine has
> to do with the networking process - thought that was the job of the hub. Can
> anyone enlighten me?
>
> Art
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