CPU/Mobo Avoid Reinstalling Windows XP after swapping your Motherboard

[bottle]

I've seen a few of these recently. "Help me! How do I swap out a board and not have to reinstall Windows?"

So here's yer illustrated (Screenshots taken in WindowsXP) answer.

The first thing to do is ensure Windows is in a state where it can work on the new system. In the case of 2000 and XP, this just means that it has to be able to access the hard drives.

-http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=77909774&m=1400925745

 

[TheMask]

tnx for the link mate! helpful

 

[Freaky]

Thx, baatli. Very useful link.

 

[Chaos]

Hehe wierd... I didn't have a single problem when i switched from a via k8t800 to an nf3 250gb board. All I did was uninstall the via 4in1 drivers initially.

 

[KHUBBU]

Thanks a lot !

But I need that for win 98 also !