Re: Replacing a motherboard (?)

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

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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"Michael 23" wrote:

| I have a soyo k7vem-pro mobo that is apparently on its way out. I want
| to replace it without losing all the custom settings and installed
| apps, etc on this computer. ( I use this machine for music recording
| and have tons of tweaks to win xp, services turned off, everything
| exactly as I like it).
|
| Can I replace a mobo without the need to reinstall windows, reformat
| the drive, etc?
|
| My original thought was to find another mobo of the exact same model,
| but they seem to be unavailable. Not even sure I can find another soyo
| board with the same chipset, etc.
|
| I really do not want to have to 'start over' with this machine. Other
| than the mobo suffering from neglect and exposure - my fault - the rest
| of the rig is exactly perfect!
|
| Any other suggestions on how to do this are greatly appreciated.

.

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