New motherboard = new install of XP?

[steno]

Hi, im getting an new motherboard, an Intel 865PE based, and wonders what will happen when I change the currently VIA KT266A based one?
Will XP go totally nuts or is it just a matter of installing som Intel motherboard drivers and everything will work? I really dont feel like reinstalling XP, too much work...

 

[MegaloManiaK]

I can't tell you for sure, but in my case when i changed boards XP would not boot. It gave me a blue screen and said to run antivirus software (it was a generic screen and thats all i can remember about it, since it seemed odd). I also had a friend of mine get the same results on a different occasion. Its odd because i hear of people just swapping with no problem (maby if you use the same chipset for the new board?) There may be some other way to do the change without reinstalling, but i wouldn't depend on it working I.E. backup anything important and cross your fingers. Hope this helps.

 

[rmrf]

I had an install of XP on one of my laptops. I took the hdd out of the laptop and put it in another. The first time I booted, it would not boot, I tried again and it gave me the option to boot into safe mode. When I did this, it searched for all the drivers and installed them. So far it seems to be running fine, whether it will work this well for you, I don't know.

 

[NogginBoink]

You will almost certainly get a STOP 0x7B blue screen (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE).

Here's the right way to do it:

1) make a full system backup
2) install clean WinXP on the new mobo
3) do a full system restore.

The restore will NOT blindly restore the entire registry and overwrite the drivers for the new mobo. It does an intelligent merge of the old and new registry to keep the working drivers.

 

[rmrf]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
You will almost certainly get a STOP 0x7B blue screen (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE).

That is correct, but after you get that error, boot again, and it will give the option to boot into safe mode. By doing this, it will load the correct drivers, or at least get you into your desktop where you can go into the device manager and install the correct drivers yourself. It is also feasible to do the backup and restore method, that is basically a sure fire thing. My option is just something I stumbled across, not necessarily an option that has been thoroughly tested.

 

[digitalman]

i have tried to just add a new mobo to a running system to see what would happen. and inadvertingly it is far easier to just do a clean install. there are so many drivers that are based on the mobo that it is often not worth the hassle of trying to just update all of the drivers. Not to meantion that clean installs always seem to run better then a system with a lot of superfulous drivers and tempfiles and other crap.

if you have a copy of ghost i highly recomend using it to back your entire system first. I can't tell you how many times that i forgot to save one item that i regreted later. ghost can be a huge lifesaver!

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: rmrf

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
You will almost certainly get a STOP 0x7B blue screen (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE).

That is correct, but after you get that error, boot again, and it will give the option to boot into safe mode. By doing this, it will load the correct drivers, or at least get you into your desktop where you can go into the device manager and install the correct drivers yourself. It is also feasible to do the backup and restore method, that is basically a sure fire thing. My option is just something I stumbled across, not necessarily an option that has been thoroughly tested.

Wanna bet?

Safe mode will NOT get you out of a STOP 0x7B.

I promise.

 

[Sid59]

just back up your data and do a clean install. It'll be faster OS wise and prolly more stable.

 

[mikecel79]

Do a search for Sysprep on MS's site. I use it all the time to move images to different types of PCs.

 

[steno]

Thanks guys, all take the long road and do an total reinstall.