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New MB What do do with WindowsXP

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tRaptor

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OK, so i jsut got my new MB a Epox 8k5a2+ I know my best option would be to just format and reinstall windowsXP, but im not to excited to do that, as you can imagine. I am wondering what you guy's think i should do?

I know windows XP is going to bitch me out with changing my hardware. But how does XP do with a mobo switch?
I really would like to get away with this, at least till i have a good weekend off work to do all the installs and stuff

thanks,

~tyler


Edit: I saw this on: http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/38172.html

Sounds kinda riskey

usually a repair installatio will do
XP REPAIR ............................................................................
Boot from the CD or you can insert the CD while at the windows desktop but
when the setup screen appears, exit setup and reboot. If your system is set
to be able to boot from the CD, it should detect the disk and give a brief
message, during the boot up, if you wish to boot from the CD press any key.

Once you have pressed a key, setup should begin. You will see a reference
asking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you
wish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. Just let
setup run past all of that. It will continue to load files and drivers.

Then it will bring you to a screen. Eventually, you will come to a screen
with the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation
using the Recovery console.

The first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to
press enter. When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement. Setup
will then search for previous versions of Windows. Upon finding your
version, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or
install fresh. Press R, that will run a repair installation. From there
on, follow the screens.


 
Im going to try this: (i think)

Its not like i can really mess things up. most of my data can be easily recovered, that that cant will be moved to D: or E: (what not already there)

From Faq:
Misc. Notes:

- Reportedly, Windows 2000 and XP can be tricked into doing this stuff for you. The procedure is this: Shut down, install your new hardware, power on, and enter your system BIOS. Make sure your First Boot Device is set to CDROM. Insert the Windows 2000/XP setup CD and boot from this disk. (You may have to "press a key to boot from CD" as the prompt says.) Skip the initial prompt asking to repair your existing installation. Then proceed to the screen where you select a partition, and choose your existing Windows partition. Setup will detect your existing installation and ask you to repair. Say yes. When Windows Setup is complete, you should have a fully working installation with all your old user and application profiles. Everything should be intact, except your hardware and driver settings, leaving it fresh for your new motherboard.


I really hope this works, reinstall would take me hours. (dam visual studio pro)
 
Yes, repair installation should work fine.

A faster way would be to use sysprep, but I am not sure about the details of using it properly. Try searching for sysprep on FAQs and Microsoft's site.
 
Originally posted by: tRaptor
Im going to try this: (i think)

Its not like i can really mess things up. most of my data can be easily recovered, that that cant will be moved to D: or E: (what not already there)

From Faq:
Misc. Notes:

- Reportedly, Windows 2000 and XP can be tricked into doing this stuff for you. The procedure is this: Shut down, install your new hardware, power on, and enter your system BIOS. Make sure your First Boot Device is set to CDROM. Insert the Windows 2000/XP setup CD and boot from this disk. (You may have to "press a key to boot from CD" as the prompt says.) Skip the initial prompt asking to repair your existing installation. Then proceed to the screen where you select a partition, and choose your existing Windows partition. Setup will detect your existing installation and ask you to repair. Say yes. When Windows Setup is complete, you should have a fully working installation with all your old user and application profiles. Everything should be intact, except your hardware and driver settings, leaving it fresh for your new motherboard.


I really hope this works, reinstall would take me hours. (dam visual studio pro)
Click to expand...

please let us know how if this procedure has worked, might be too late and you wont get this message..ah well...
 
yeah, thats what i'll do for ya all. I have to wait till i get my ram in the mail, should be a coupla days.

What im wondering is if i should do that right away, or try jsut booting right away. I guess jsut booting wouldent hurt. I wonder if MS is going to screw me over with activation. My new board has audio and lan on board so thats a lot of changes.


We'll sjut see, i dont see why repair wouldent work after booting once.

~tyler

Any more recomendations?

EDIT: i wouldent even mind if i had to reinstall, its jsut i dont wana have to format and reinstall, if all i had to do was install on top and all my programs and everything would be recgonized i'd be prefectly happy.
 
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