RE: Can you change a M/Board & Graphics card without reinstalling XP ?

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've done this quite a few times - mostly pretty successfully.

Key is to check for items such as RAID drivers (if you have RAID arrays on
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a M/B) and chipset drivers etc. A bit more difficult if you're changing
fro=
m Intel to a non-Intel chipset etc but should be OK.

If you back up the data with something like ghost, it's worth a try anyway?

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of John Wray
> Sent: 21 November 2008 15:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Can you change a M/Board & Graphics card
without
> reinstalling XP ?
>
> It=92s never worked when I=92ve tried it and I would go for the clean
> install
> anyway =96 it removes the old mobo and graphics cards drivers out and
> gives
> you a =91new=92 platform from which to eek out any new mobo troubles,
if
> there
> are any.
>
> If you have tons of applications then I can understand wanting to do
> this,
> so give it a go. But the usual =91back up before you try=92 advice is,
of
> course, mandatory and if it does fail =96 start afresh anyway.
>
>
>
> Anyone change of tuppence? J
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> John Wray
>
>
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Andy Davies
> Sent: 17 November 2008 21:43
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Can you change a M/Board & Graphics card
without
> reinstalling XP ?
>
>
>
> Just swapped a pentium 4 motherboard for a Asus P5E-VM without any
> problems - has to repair my current installation, and it activated
> fine over the web.
>
> Andy
>
> 2008/11/17 Paul Gordon <paul@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:paul%40paulgordon.homeip.net>
>:
> > Theoretically, yes you can... however...
> >
> > If the installed version of windows used product activation, that
> level of
> hardware change will almost certainly cause it to
"de-activate" and
> require
> reactivation, most probably it will demand phoning Microsoft to get
> them to
> allow it, since it will likely think it is a copy installed on a new
> computer... - I believe there are also EULA restrictions on OEM
> versions
> that actually prohibit some of these changes...
> >
> > You should be able to have Windows re-detect all the hardware
changes
> automatically and update all the drivers for the new bits on the new
> mobo.
> I've never done this "deliberately" - i.e. as a planned way
to upgrade
> a
> critical machine, but I have done it numerous times
"accidentally" when
> testing out old hard disks and so on.
> >
> > I personally don't like the idea of doing it this way, - best
case
> scenario is that the Windows build starts up OK, goes straight into
the
> "Found new hardware" wizard, updates all the drivers &
everything is
> hunky-dory. - Even then, you send up with a load of old redundant
> drivers
> left behind for hardware that no longer exists, and you may end up
with
> less
> than optimal drivers installed for some devices..
> >
> > Worst case is that some items are *so* different that Windows
won't
> even
> start up successfully on the new hardware... - I've seen this happen
> many
> times too, - windows will for example BSOD during the boot up, or
> perhaps
> refuse to "see" the disk it is installed on...
> >
> > I'd much prefer to do a new clean install on the new hardware,
then
> spend
> some time transferring all the (required) files & settings over.
It's a
> bit
> more work, but there are some tools out there to make it a little less
> painful, and I think you tend to end up with a much leaner, cleaner
and
> hopefully more stable machine at the end of it as a result.
> >
> > Just my =A30.02
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On
> Behalf
> Of
> >> Dean Barrett
> >> Sent: 17 November 2008 14:05
> >> To: UKHA Group
> >> Subject: [ukha_d] Can you change a M/Board & Graphics
card without
> >> reinstalling XP ?
> >>
> >> My HTPC needs speeding up as i cant get BluRay playback
properly -
> all a
> >> bit
> >> too jerky.
> >>
> >> Its also my server for CQC and other bits, so dont really
want to
> scrap
> >> everything and start again.
> >>
> >> So the big question is - can i replace the Mobo/Graphics and
RAM
> without
> >> windows having to start again ?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dean.
> >>
> >>
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