I have a question about How do I upgrade my motherboard in Windows 2000/XP?:

If using the install method mentioned in the article, will all the information on the HD be lost?

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I have been involved in 2 motherboard changes with XP. The new motherboards were radically different than the one they were replacing. In my case XP had to be completely reinstalled.


On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 5:49 pm, leon wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I upgrade my motherboard in Windows 2000/XP?:

>
>If using the install method mentioned in the article, will all the information on
>the HD be lost?
>

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Yes you lose everything. All programs need to be reinstalled. A big hassell, but can be worth it if you wind up with a better puter. It is a great learning experience also.


On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 6:04 pm, leon wrote:
>so you had to reinstall every software you had? what about other data like documents
>and stuff?
>
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Cant you use Norton Ghost, to make a copy of your hard drive. That way all you have 
to do is load it back on. You dont have to re-insall all the programs and you dont 
lose anything.
Its like you have a full copy of your hard drive. One easy step to get it all back, 
it will save you hours or even days.






On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 5:49 pm, leon wrote:
>I have a question about How 
>do I upgrade my motherboard in Windows 2000/XP?:

>
>If using the install method mentioned in the article, will all the information on 
>the HD be lost?
>

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Don't bother with a Norton Ghost image. It will have the same Windows XP/2000 HAL (hardware abstraction layer) that contains the drivers for the old board and you'll get the old BSOD (blue screen of death) when you boot that will say 'invalid boot device' and then you'll be PO'd cuz you wasted all that time with the image only to get the aforementioned BSOD. B-careful who you listen to!


On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 5:49 pm, leon wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I upgrade my motherboard in Windows 2000/XP?:

>
>If using the install method mentioned in the article, will all the information on
>the HD be lost?
>

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thanks, thats what i was thinking about.


On Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at 10:35 am, Brian wrote:
>Don't bother with a Norton Ghost image. It will have the same Windows XP/2000 HAL
>(hardware abstraction layer) that contains the drivers for the old board and you'll
>get the old BSOD (blue screen of death) when you boot that will say 'invalid boot
>device' and then you'll be PO'd cuz you wasted all that time with the image only
>to get the aforementioned BSOD. B-careful who you listen to!
>
>

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i just went from a slot A processor and mother board to a socket A motherboard and processor with windows xp professional, i lost no files ,all i did was a repair install. boot to cd, choose install , then choose repair, (first repair is recoveryconsole)works great, also did this on xp home


On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 5:49 pm, leon wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I upgrade my motherboard in Windows 2000/XP?:

>
>If using the install method mentioned in the article, will all the information on
>the HD be lost?
>

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Solution Alternate procedure for In-place Upgrade: Alternate Solution : Proceed per Solution 3 steps, except that no hardware is changed until the first reboot power-down during the upgrade install, AND the Upgrade is commenced from within Win2000 running on the hard drive, not by booting up to the Win2000 Installation CD. Before changing any hardware in the old system, while running Win2000 on the hard drive, insert the Win2000 Setup CD and start Win2000 setup from within Win2000 (From Explorer or Start-Run, run Setup.exe on the CD); (important to start from within Windows 2000, otherwise you don't get the option to upgrade). Proceed with Upgrade as described; choose to 'UPGRADE CURRENT VERSION TO WINDOWS 2000'. Once the system has copied files and asks you to reboot, say OK. At the POST on this first reboot, turn off the power. Remove old hardware. Install the new motherboard and new hardware. Boot to enter BIOS; adjust BIOS settings. Shutdown. Power back on; Win2K will continue the upgrade installation with a complete hardware rescan, detecting new hardware and installing drivers. I pickup this information at http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/other/motherboard/win2k.htm


On Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at 6:26 pm, JimmyJ wrote:
>i just went from a slot A processor and mother board to a socket A motherboard and
>processor with windows xp professional, i lost no files ,all i did was a repair install.
>boot to cd, choose install , then choose repair, (first repair is recoveryconsole)works
>great, also did this on xp home
>
>

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