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Computer image (ghost) question...same chipset, different motherboard?

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Lifer
I know that you can ghost from one machine to another, assuming the chipset is the same. I'm building up a new P4, with a MSI 845PEMax2 board; I was considering taking an image from a MSI 845GE board. This should work fine, right?

Rob
 
This article may be of some interest to you, CodeWiz explains a MS tool called Sysprep...used for exactly what you wanna do.....LINK.
 
I went from a Tyan to an Epox board using the same chipset just a few days ago. I did make a backup just before booting any OS, just in case. 🙂

After the mobo swap, I first booted my throw-away WinME install. I was kinda surprised that it redetected everything (as if it were new) down to the BIOS and memory controllers. Win2K nor XP would successfully boot. FreeBSD 5 and Linux wouldn't boot either.

A few moments later, it occurred to me that the original installs used ACPI. After activated ACPI, everything in 2K and XP were fine. I did have to reinstall drivers for the cards in my system. So, if anything, I would remove all drivers for any PCI cards and external components and reinstall them after the swap. Chances are that the OS will treat them as new devices anyway.

I still can't get FreeBSD and Linux up, even with ACPI. I didn't even bother booting WinME either. I just ghosted a just-after-the-first-install-reboot WinME image and will wait for my new video card before I try it.

-SUO
 
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