Can I swap mobos From a KT266A to a Nforce2 chipset with reinstall?

[DarkManX]

I Have windows XP and wanna know if i can switch mobos without reinstalling. I will do a fresh install till i get my SATA cable to get my Raptor on.

 

[Regs]

Just as long as you don't drop your hard drives down a flight of stairs during the swap, you will be ok 😉

 

[redhatlinux]

Oops, I don't think all will be well, mobo driver issues will proboably cause problems. Take a look at the 'sticky' thread over at Arstechnica in the CPU/mobo forum. The thread describes what to do BEFORE the swap and after. Good luck.

 

[neutralizer]

Use WinXP repair after you swap or use sysprep a utility by M$

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I don't think it'll work, XP can go without a reinstall wiehn switching HDD's, Video Cards, CPU's, and other parts. The major part comes when switching motherboards. I'd make sure I have a raw backup as well as a backup of everything important. Then, once you boot, do the repair option it gives you for XP. Hopefully that will work. Also, you might as well reformat now since you can transfer all the data to the Raptor then. In the end you end up formatting once whether you do it now or later.

 

[chocoruacal]

You can do a repair install, but why bother when it takes just as much time as a fresh install. And if you unwisely decided at one point to put your OS, programs, and data files all on one partition, then this might be a good oportunity to correct that (Partition Magic or whatever...backup your important files though.

Noobs...when you're setting up a new install...create a separate partition for the OS and avoid problems like this.

 

[Insane3D]

Noobs...when you're setting up a new install...create a separate partition for the OS and avoid problems like this.

No. :Q😛


😀

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: chocoruacal
You can do a repair install, but why bother when it takes just as much time as a fresh install. And if you unwisely decided at one point to put your OS, programs, and data files all on one partition, then this might be a good oportunity to correct that (Partition Magic or whatever...backup your important files though.

Noobs...when you're setting up a new install...create a separate partition for the OS and avoid problems like this.

The advantage of a "Repair" install, is that all your Programs, settings, and Data are retained as if no Install had happened. It saves time in avoiding the Re-installing everything else.