switching over to an athlon system from bx..will i have to reinstall win2k?

[imhotepmp]

last time i switched mobos I had to reinstall win2k because the boot.ini got screwed over. Will i have to do same for this switch over? Meaning if i install the new mobo will win2k get over it without a hiccup?? Or wil i have to reintall? Btw ive heard about hardware compatiblilty prob with amd? wat should i watch for?
EDIT
also should i buy a new ps? or is 250w enough?

 

[obenton]

Before switching MBs, it's best to remove all device drivers in control panel, then let the OS find and reinstall them in the new MB.

 

[imhotepmp]

Thanks for the advice obtenton..could that have been why my win2k installation was screwed last time I switched mobos??
Also about the ps?? should I fork over the extra ?? bucks and get a 300W ps?
thanks

 

[ragiepew]

one word... yes!

 

[medic]

BACKUP FIRST!!

obenton is right...restart in safe mode and delete all your devices/ controllers and anything to do with the BX chipset, shutdown, install board, reboot 5 times

Your P.S. may be fine, try it first and see.

 

[RSI]

Don't even need to restart, much less into safe mode. Simply delete everything in your system properties before doing anything. Then shut down the computer.

I would go 300+ watts for the power supply if you're buying an Athlon - also, make sure it is Athlon Approved.

If you remove everything before changing, you shouldn't have any problems. I'm pretty sure that's why you had problems before. When I put my Quantum LM into my Cyrix, I forgot to delete everything from system properties, and when I put it in the new computer Windows 95 had a hard time properly detecting all the VA-503+'s stuff, so I just deleted everything there, installed some patches, and I was good to go (but now I'm screwed with the P83).

-RSI

 

[sd]

I had a lot of problems until I did a reformat and reinstall

 

[Quickfingerz]

You probably won't have to. Some of the drivers will be in both systems but will get confused. This may happen.

 

[medic]

RSI
Restarting in safe mode is sometimes the only way to see duplicate devices in Device Manager.
I have had many systems come in with up to 8 duplicate entries in safe mode D.M.