Question about reinstalling a HD

[walla]

This is the situation. I am replacing my motherboard with an updated revision. As far as I know, the only thing that is different about it a hardware fix, and implementation of thermal protection.

Now if I take my hard drive from my old motherboard and install it in the new one, can I expect that everything will run exactly the same? Will my files all still be present? Will WinXP still boot up with the same settings? Or do I need to back everything up and reinstall all the software?

Thanks

 

[KillerCow]

It *should* be fine. Your old files will still be present. And WinXP *should* boot... as long as it doesn't detect the new motherboard. I think that it will count as a profile change for XP activation though. If you have any data that you can't afford to loose, you should always maintain backups of it.

 

[BenRosey]

Definitely backup all of your data. I have a feeling that XP is linked uniquely to each motherboard and that it won't startup. (2000 too).

Hooray M$