Upgrading from Socket A to Socket 939

[SleepWalkerX]

I know its always best to reformat when upgrading to another socket, but I was wondering if there was a way to upgrade, but not have to reformat my hard drive. It'd just be a pain to reinstall everything.

 

[Arcanedeath]

Just do a repair installation of windows.

 

[Wellsoul2]

I just did same thing..

Set CMOS to boot to CD - Your WinXP Disk.

Tell it to install and eventually it gives you the option to Repair current WinXP.

 

[Smokey The Bear]

Here is a link to a guide to do it.

http://www.pcstats.com/artvnl.cfm?articleID=1755

Basicly like Arcane and Wellsoul said you do a repair install.

 

[Vegito]

1. Ghost your hdd & backup
2. Copy and run SysPrep - use mini install & pnp & shutdown flag
3. Swap mobo
4. Boot and sysprep will re-run windows setup
5. If you dont like it, ghost your drive back and try other methods..

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: Vegito
1. Ghost your hdd & backup
2. Copy and run SysPrep - use mini install & pnp & shutdown flag
3. Swap mobo
4. Boot and sysprep will re-run windows setup
5. If you dont like it, ghost your drive back and try other methods..

SysPrep is often not good enough. SysPrep only works if the two motherboards use the same HAL - that's the APIC, APCI, & uni/multi-processor stuff.

The repair install will redetect the HAL of the new system and adjust accordingly, something that SysPrep does not do.

 

[Vegito]

yeah.. its is a cheap fast way if u can test it out... most of my hals are similar... been upgrading for a while on all the desktops & servers.. haven't had problems yet

 

[boomerang]

Microsoft's advice.

 

[Jiggz]

What I do everytime I cross this dilemma is to go ahead and do the installation. But before I shut down for the last time on the existing mobo, I delete all the associated drivers on that mobo in the device manager. Switch mobo and reboot. The system will detect the new hardware and install drivers as applicable. Most of the time I have success but when it fails, I just do what MS basically tells you, do a Repair Installation.