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First -- many thanks for the great help here in Newsgroups.
I am preparing to install a new mobo, and planning on a full repair install
of xp after the mobo install. I'm pretty clear on the suggested booting
precedure, but a new question has arisen -- one I hope someone can clarify.
None of the postings I've read mention the new mobo's installation CD. All
the threads I've followed speak at length about factoring in the xp CD-Rom,
when doing the repair install, but I haven't found any references about a new
mobo installation CD. And....
.....My new board just arrived yesterday, and with it came an installation
CD. My step-by-step old-board-removal-new-board install-Repair Install
XP-load all peripheral-plan was thrown off, because of the board's CD-ROM.
So, my question is: At what point in the sequence of steps do I employ
(insert) the new board's CD? If I load it right after the physical
installation, but haven't repair-installed XP yet, how will the new board's
CD know what to do, if there's no operating system running? On the other
hand, if I do the Repair Install first, will the installation work if I
haven't run the new board's CD?
I'm sure this is addressed somewhere, I just haven't found the answer yet.
By the way, my new board is an ECS 848P-A, set with a 478 pin for a P4 2.4
cpu.
Thanks in advance for any help.
(P.S. : I've also posted this question in the general Hardware category)
First -- many thanks for the great help here in Newsgroups.
I am preparing to install a new mobo, and planning on a full repair install
of xp after the mobo install. I'm pretty clear on the suggested booting
precedure, but a new question has arisen -- one I hope someone can clarify.
None of the postings I've read mention the new mobo's installation CD. All
the threads I've followed speak at length about factoring in the xp CD-Rom,
when doing the repair install, but I haven't found any references about a new
mobo installation CD. And....
.....My new board just arrived yesterday, and with it came an installation
CD. My step-by-step old-board-removal-new-board install-Repair Install
XP-load all peripheral-plan was thrown off, because of the board's CD-ROM.
So, my question is: At what point in the sequence of steps do I employ
(insert) the new board's CD? If I load it right after the physical
installation, but haven't repair-installed XP yet, how will the new board's
CD know what to do, if there's no operating system running? On the other
hand, if I do the Repair Install first, will the installation work if I
haven't run the new board's CD?
I'm sure this is addressed somewhere, I just haven't found the answer yet.
By the way, my new board is an ECS 848P-A, set with a 478 pin for a P4 2.4
cpu.
Thanks in advance for any help.
(P.S. : I've also posted this question in the general Hardware category)