RE: new mo-board and cpu

You cant do a repair with a new board....99.99% of repairs will fail,youve
just wasted alot of time,do a clean install,use the file transfer wizard
before
you shutdown on old brd.Set the wizard to "old computer",put the data in a
a new folder,move the folder to cd.


"Joseph Morrow" wrote:

> I bought a new motherboard and cpu.
> I want to swap the mobo and cpu out.
> Everything else remains the same.
> If I do this will Windows XP boot up?
> Or, do I have to do a clean install?
>
> Joe
>
>
>
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