Upgrading Computer: Will I have to reinstall windows xp?

[tdawg]

I will soon be upgrading my system and am curious if I will need to reinstall windows, or if it can survive the few changes that will result.

My current system is as follows:

K6-3 400
256MB PC100
Super7 mobo
2x20gb maxtor hd's
mitsumi cd-writer
geforce3 ti200
hercules game theater xp
windows xp
baby at case

And my new system will be:

Athlon XP 1.4GHz (1600+)
Leadtek SIS735 mobo
256mb crucial ddr
pioneer dvd
enermax atx case
game theater xp
geforce3 ti200
2x20 hdd's
cd-writer

When I move the hard drives to the new computer, will I have to reinstall winXP on the primary drive, or will it survive the changes? Thanks in advance.

tdawg

 

[Workin']

I would definitely reinstall from scratch. Fresh format, all that. Changing a motherboard from one manufacturer's chipset to another without a reinstall is asking for a giant hairball of problems.

 

[Techwhore]

It may work, no guarentees.

Even if it does work though, you wanna do a clean install. You're going from two completely different chipsets and architectures. You won't be getting maximum performance without a clean install and your system would then be cluttered with old drivers and registry keys.

Just back up and reinstall

 

[Sketcher]

Don't do it. Even if it did operate, you'll have too many issues to resolve - and it's not likely you'll resolve anything w/all of your previous configuration and registry entries conflicting with what shows up.

Back up your DAta and Clean Install.

 

[spamsk8r]

You put a geforce 3 into a k6-3 400 system? LMAO, hahahahaha, yeah do a clean install, now you will be able to use the power of that card

 

[tdawg]

<< You put a geforce 3 into a k6-3 400 system? LMAO, hahahahaha, yeah do a clean install, now you will be able to use the power of that card >>



Yeah, I know it's totally inappropriate to put a Geforce3 into a system like this, but when I RMA'd my new board, I just put everything back into my old computer, including my new graphics card. I'm not sure why I didn't just put my crappy TNT2 M64 back into the old setup. Just anxious to see, I guess.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

I dont know if you'll have to reinstall XP... Now if it were anyother OS, I would say hell yeah. I just recently upgraded this ladies computer, from a 466celery to a 1.5 p4, completely different parts, but the same hdd. Would you believe that the damn operating system just came up like I'd only swapped a NIC. Its been weeks, and she hasn't had one problem.