Replacing a motherboard

Hi dude

You may do one thing, before replacing your mother board,
uninstall the plug and play bios, go to device manager,
system devices, and remove the plug and play bios,

good if u start the system in safe mode and remove the
plug and play bios,

and after getting the new pc, attach the hdd there and
boot the pc, it will detect all the new hardware quite
easily, i tried that in windows 2000, but dont know about
xp.

bye
zulfi

>-----Original Message-----
>Joe;
>You will most likely need to perform a Repair

Installation to properly

>detect the new hardware:
>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm
>If Windows XP is OEM this may not be possible.
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>"Joe Rodriguez" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message

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>> I need specific intructions on how to replace my
>> motherboard and keep using all the S/W in my HDDs. I

know

>> how to manage the H/W, just need help with XP to avoid
>> blue screens because of the new motherboard and the
>> registry. I am replacing an old and slow PIII mb with a
>> faster newer PIV. Please advice. JR

>
>
>.
>

Greetings --

Normally, and assuming either a retail license or a generic
(non-branded) OEM license, unless the new motherboard is virtually
identical to the old one (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same
BIOS version, etc.), you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place
upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.


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"Joe Rodriguez" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:190401c3e068$600cad50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I need specific intructions on how to replace my
> motherboard and keep using all the S/W in my HDDs. I know
> how to manage the H/W, just need help with XP to avoid
> blue screens because of the new motherboard and the
> registry. I am replacing an old and slow PIII mb with a
> faster newer PIV. Please advice. JR

Hi,

After changing the motheroboard you'll have to do a repair install of
WindowsXP.

Follow these steps to do a repair install which should preserve your data,
settings, and programs:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
drive.
2. Restart your computer. If you have to, change the BIOS settings to start
from
the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer again.
3. At the "Welcome to Setup" page, press ENTER.
4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
5. Use the arrow keys to select the installation of Windows XP that you want
to
repair, and then press R to start the automatic repair process.
6. When Setup is completed, activate Windows XP.

Note that you will need your Product Key for this procedure, so have it
handy before you begin.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm



--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Joe Rodriguez" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:190401c3e068$600cad50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I need specific intructions on how to replace my
> motherboard and keep using all the S/W in my HDDs. I know
> how to manage the H/W, just need help with XP to avoid
> blue screens because of the new motherboard and the
> registry. I am replacing an old and slow PIII mb with a
> faster newer PIV. Please advice. JR

This can be done, but you are sort of flipping a coin as to whether or not
it will work smoothly. Technically, when you replace the motherboard,
Windows and the system BIOS should communicate plug and play information and
remove and add devices as needed. I have done this successfully before, but
it probably helped that the systems I did this on was using the same
motherboard chipset.

However, there is no real guarantee that it will not hang or blue screen
while detecting the new hardware and uninstalling the old stuff. You can
give this a shot, but I would definitely recommend having an up to date
backup just in case you have to do a fresh reinstall.

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"Joe Rodriguez" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:190401c3e068$600cad50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I need specific intructions on how to replace my
> motherboard and keep using all the S/W in my HDDs. I know
> how to manage the H/W, just need help with XP to avoid
> blue screens because of the new motherboard and the
> registry. I am replacing an old and slow PIII mb with a
> faster newer PIV. Please advice. JR

Hi, Joe.

To Windows, a new motherboard is equal to a new computer. When WinXP is
installed, Setup first detects the hardware environment, then customizes
WinXP to fit that environment as it is being installed. When there is a
significant change in the environment - and a motherboard certainly is
significant - Setup must be allowed to run again to re-customize WinXP to
fit the new environment.

To run Setup again, boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and follow the prompts. To
avoid reformatting your HDs and losing all your installed applications,
follow Microsoft's instructions for an "in-place upgrade":

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q315341

Note that this is not intended as a time-saver on reinstalling WinXP itself;
it will take just about as long as a fresh installation. Also, as soon as
you get your firewall and antivirus protection back in place, you will need
to get online and go to Windows Update to download and install SP1 (if it is
not included on your WinXP CD-ROM) and all the later updates to be sure that
your security protection is up to date. My copy of the CD did not have SP1
integrated; even with ADSL, the in-place upgrade plus updates took half a
day. But all my installed applications and data were preserved, and most of
my tweaks.

You probably will need to re-activate WinXP after the reinstallation, unless
it has been more than 120 days since your last previous activation.

Enjoy WinXP on your new motherboard! ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Joe Rodriguez" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:190401c3e068$600cad50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I need specific intructions on how to replace my
> motherboard and keep using all the S/W in my HDDs. I know
> how to manage the H/W, just need help with XP to avoid
> blue screens because of the new motherboard and the
> registry. I am replacing an old and slow PIII mb with a
> faster newer PIV. Please advice. JR

If you need "specific instructions", then save yourself a headache and take
to shop.

"Joe Rodriguez" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:190401c3e068$600cad50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I need specific intructions on how to replace my
> motherboard and keep using all the S/W in my HDDs. I know
> how to manage the H/W, just need help with XP to avoid
> blue screens because of the new motherboard and the
> registry. I am replacing an old and slow PIII mb with a
> faster newer PIV. Please advice. JR

Agreed!

There are thousands of web pages that will give "specific" instructions, but
this guy wants hand holding.

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

"Nick Burns" <thedoc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> If you need "specific instructions", then save yourself a headache and

take

> to shop.
>
> "Joe Rodriguez" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:190401c3e068$600cad50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> > I need specific intructions on how to replace my
> > motherboard and keep using all the S/W in my HDDs. I know
> > how to manage the H/W, just need help with XP to avoid
> > blue screens because of the new motherboard and the
> > registry. I am replacing an old and slow PIII mb with a
> > faster newer PIV. Please advice. JR

>
>