Reinstall after HW upgrade?

Posted: 07-20-2004, 04:02 AM

R.P.

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I am planning on upgrading cpu and mb, should I need to reinstall XP Pro?

- R. P.

Reinstall after HW upgrade?

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Re: Reinstall after HW upgrade?

Posted: 07-20-2004, 04:07 AM

I'd like to say NO....but the answer is maybe. Depends how different the
chipsets are. I have had it work perfectly on some occasions and BSOD on
others. In any case back up your stuff.

On 7/20/04 12:02 AM, in article [email protected],
"R.P." <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am planning on upgrading cpu and mb, should I need to reinstall XP Pro?
>
> - R. P.
>
>

Michael Cecil

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Re: Reinstall after HW upgrade?

Posted: 07-20-2004, 04:46 AM

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:02:31 +1000, "R.P." <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I am planning on upgrading cpu and mb, should I need to reinstall XP Pro?

Yes, you should do a "repair install". This allows XP to recognize the
new hardware and a new mb has a lot of that.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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R.P.

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Re: Reinstall after HW upgrade?

Posted: 07-20-2004, 05:52 AM

Many thanks
I suppose the best precaution (was going to do it anyway) if full data
backup.
Mainly I was trying to get an idea as to the required time.
I suppose for that I should follow general rule - allow enough not to have
to rush it.
- R. P.
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> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:02:31 +1000, "R.P." <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I am planning on upgrading cpu and mb, should I need to reinstall XP Pro?
>
> Yes, you should do a "repair install". This allows XP to recognize the
> new hardware and a new mb has a lot of that.
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
> --
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/

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