Installing a new motherboard on winXP

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hi,

I'm planning to install a new motherboard on an XP system.
it's usually recommended to reinstall windows when changing
motherboards but I would like to avoid this .

has anyone tried this ? what sort of trouble to expect ?

can I 'uninstall' my old mobo from xp in some way before the process ?

thanks,

 

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Don't boot from Xp with the new motherboard.Boot from XP CD and perform a
"repair-install" (or over-install)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

This assumes a retail XP version. If it's a OEM version, it might not be
doable.
And if you have a "big name" computer, like HP, Sony, Fujitsu-Siemens, etc.,
you only have a restore CD, which won't install on anything else than the
same makers motherboard (BIOS locked)


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"Qbit Qbert" <qweqweqwe@gmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> hi,
>
> I'm planning to install a new motherboard on an XP system.
> it's usually recommended to reinstall windows when changing
> motherboards but I would like to avoid this .
>
> has anyone tried this ? what sort of trouble to expect ?
>
> can I 'uninstall' my old mobo from xp in some way before the process ?
>
> thanks,
>

 

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Qbit Qbert <qweqweqwe@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm planning to install a new motherboard on an XP system.
> it's usually recommended to reinstall windows when changing
> motherboards but I would like to avoid this .

> has anyone tried this ? what sort of trouble to expect ?

If the original and replacement motherboard are close chipset
wise, you should be able to just drop it in and it will work fine.

If they are significantly different, the worst you have to do is to
boot the XP distribution CD and repair the installation. Just go
thru the menus as if you were going to do a new clean installation
and it will find the original installation and offer to repair it.

If you have applied service packs to the XP install, its best to
boot the XP with the last service pack slipstreamed on to the CD.

> can I 'uninstall' my old mobo from xp in some way before the process ?

You can, but there isnt any point with just one system, just repair at worst.

 

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On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:46:50 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>If they are significantly different, the worst you have to do is to
>boot the XP distribution CD and repair the installation. Just go
>thru the menus as if you were going to do a new clean installation
>and it will find the original installation and offer to repair it.

I would like to mention that the In-Place Upgrade you are talking
about is somewhat hidden on the Win2K installation disk, I realize you
are talking about XP but I have never installed XP so I do not know if
it is the same as Win2K.

In any event there are 2 separate Repair options: One that comes up at
the very first which offers to use Repair Console and one that comes
up later if you select the first option to build the OS from scratch.

IOW, you have to tell Setup that you want to do a new install and then
it detects your existing OS and offers to "Repair" it. That's actually
the IPU.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292175

>If you have applied service packs to the XP install, its best to
>boot the XP with the last service pack slipstreamed on to the CD.

Thus KB article tells you what the IPU does and does not do. It does
roll back to the oldest SP, so you will have to install the latest one
again.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306952/EN-US/

One time that I did an IPU a long time ago, it buggered my User
Profiles. I was able to restore them with an internal utility I found
under System in Control Panel.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224012/

 

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"Bob" <spam@spamcop.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:46:50 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>If they are significantly different, the worst you have to do is to
>>boot the XP distribution CD and repair the installation. Just go
>>thru the menus as if you were going to do a new clean installation
>>and it will find the original installation and offer to repair it.
>
> I would like to mention that the In-Place Upgrade you are talking
> about is somewhat hidden on the Win2K installation disk, I realize you
> are talking about XP but I have never installed XP so I do not know if
> it is the same as Win2K.
>
> In any event there are 2 separate Repair options: One that comes up at
> the very first which offers to use Repair Console and one that comes
> up later if you select the first option to build the OS from scratch.
>
> IOW, you have to tell Setup that you want to do a new install and then
> it detects your existing OS and offers to "Repair" it. That's actually
> the IPU.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292175

XP is basically the same on that detail and thats
what I said, albeit not saying it in as much detail.

>> If you have applied service packs to the XP install, its best to
>> boot the XP with the last service pack slipstreamed on to the CD.

> Thus KB article tells you what the IPU does and does not do. It does
> roll back to the oldest SP, so you will have to install the latest one again.

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306952/EN-US/


Thats why its better to slipstream the SP onto the
distribution CD, then you dont have to install any SP again.

> One time that I did an IPU a long time ago, it buggered
> my User Profiles. I was able to restore them with an
> internal utility I found under System in Control Panel.

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224012/

Yeah, one of the SPs, pretty sure it was XP IPUed over
a system which had SP1 applied, stuffed the dialup config
so you couldnt even log on and get the SP again.

It wasnt that hard to fix, but a real trap for that
level of user, particularly when you couldnt even
use the web to research the problem.

 

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On Fri, 13 May 2005 08:09:39 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Thats why its better to slipstream the SP onto the
>distribution CD, then you dont have to install any SP again.

Until a new SP shows up.

How do you "slipstream" onto the distribution disk?

>It wasnt that hard to fix, but a real trap for that
>level of user, particularly when you couldnt even
>use the web to research the problem.

I will have my old machine on a spare router port so I can do the
research if needed. All I need is a KVM box and I am dual machine
enabled!

You can never have enough computers.

 

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Bob <spam@spamcop.com> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote

>> Thats why its better to slipstream the SP onto the
>> distribution CD, then you dont have to install any SP again.

> Until a new SP shows up.

Sure.

> How do you "slipstream" onto the distribution disk?

Quite a few instructions on the web.

Autostreamer makes it even easier.

>> It wasnt that hard to fix, but a real trap for that
>> level of user, particularly when you couldnt even
>> use the web to research the problem.

> I will have my old machine on a spare router port
> so I can do the research if needed. All I need is
> a KVM box and I am dual machine enabled!

Yeah, thats the way I do it with the main and test machine.

> You can never have enough computers.

Dunno, 10K of them might be a tad over the top.

 

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Here's one way:
http://www.justinwojas.com/bootcd.htm

Or google for it (slipstream xp gives ~71000 hits)...


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"Bob" <spam@spamcop.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> On Fri, 13 May 2005 08:09:39 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Thats why its better to slipstream the SP onto the
> >distribution CD, then you dont have to install any SP again.
>
> Until a new SP shows up.
>
> How do you "slipstream" onto the distribution disk?
>
> >It wasnt that hard to fix, but a real trap for that
> >level of user, particularly when you couldnt even
> >use the web to research the problem.
>
> I will have my old machine on a spare router port so I can do the
> research if needed. All I need is a KVM box and I am dual machine
> enabled!
>
> You can never have enough computers.
>
>

 

[Bob]

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On Fri, 13 May 2005 16:30:01 +0300, "Thomas Wendell"
<tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Here's one way:
>http://www.justinwojas.com/bootcd.htm

Thanks for the heads up.

>Or google for it

Yeah, I tried that first.

> (slipstream xp gives ~71000 hits).

I used "slipstream" without the "xp" and got a lot of meaningless
responses. I wanted to make sure I got the real thing.

 

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Here's another ( I've used nLite and it's easy)
http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_slipstream.htm



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"Bob" <spam@spamcop.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> On Fri, 13 May 2005 16:30:01 +0300, "Thomas Wendell"
> <tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Here's one way:
> >http://www.justinwojas.com/bootcd.htm
>
> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> >Or google for it
>
> Yeah, I tried that first.
>
> > (slipstream xp gives ~71000 hits).
>
> I used "slipstream" without the "xp" and got a lot of meaningless
> responses. I wanted to make sure I got the real thing.
>
>