Re: Changing motherboard

If you change your mind on a clean install. This is what I do when moving
to a new motherboard:
1. Save all personal data, even if its on a different partition to
removable media.
2. Save my IE favorites as bookmark.htm to same media.
3. Save all email settings, and news settings as an export to same media
using the export function in OE for each.
4. Save an image of the hard drive to removable media in case I forgot
anything. Restoring files (not the entire image) if needed later.
5. Install the new motherboard and video card. Leave peripherals unattached
at this time. Disable onboard video if part of motherboard in bios
settings.
6. Change out the ide ribbon cable with a new 80 wire version. Zero write
the hard drive with bootable media with software from the hard drive maker.
Make one partition for XP installation with the XP install CD.
7. Install XP, preferrably, with SP2 incorporated. Create any additional
partitions if needed with XP disk management after the installation.
Reboot. Change the CD/DVD drive letter as needed to make allowances for any
additional hard drives including removable variety. And making allowances
on the other end of the drive letters for those that take end of alphabet
letters, like some thumb drives. Reboot.
8. Install the motherboard drivers, including USB or sound or LAN if in a
separate folder on the mobo driver CD. Reboot as many times as needed to
incorporate all.
9. Install the video card driver software. Reboot.
10. Attach and energize one peripheral, and install its software if needed.
Reboot. Do it again for as many peripherals you require.
11. Install 3rd party software, exceptions below.
12. Restore all previous data from removable media.
13. Setup LAN if needed.
14. Verify operation of Windows firewall. Activate XP, download any XP
security updates needed. Do not go to any other websites. Reboot as
needed to incorporate the updates.
15. Install AV software. Install 3rd party firewall if desired. Get any
updates, reboot as needed to incorporate.
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"baxter" <baxter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E33F0098-E2A3-4E81-9ACB-AB568EAE9B9A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a working PC with Gigabyte MB/AMD CPU built from scratch. I swap
with
a new Intel chipset ASUS MB/Intel CPU. There are also a new Video card.
The
rest are old. When I switch ON. It boot to a screen with "Safe mode",
"Safe
mode with networking", "safe mode with command prompt" and "start windows
normally". If I select either one it will just reboot. The message also
says
it might caused by hardware change. How do I boot without a reinstall. I
will
have a hard time reinstalling all programs/printer/lan setting etc.


.

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