Upgrading Mobo & Processor etc.

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

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

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Alex Nichol]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Darren" <dazzo31@hotmail.com> wrote in message:
news:054601c3d640$51a2a350$a301280a@phx.gbl...

| I was wondering what preparation I can make before
| changing my motherboard, processor and ram to XP so that
| I don't have any trouble booting up afterwards. Or is a
| format inevitable??