New Motherboard, CPU and graphics card

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I am planning an upgrade of my motherboard cpu and graphics card. I
was wondering if there is anything I can do to make it painless.
WillWin XP tolerate the upgrade without dying on me? Any advice
welcomed.

Ian

 

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Ian Pollard wrote:
> I am planning an upgrade of my motherboard cpu and graphics card. I
> was wondering if there is anything I can do to make it painless.
> WillWin XP tolerate the upgrade without dying on me? Any advice
> welcomed.

You will need to do a repair install before the computer is first booted
into Windows XP.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

 

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On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:21:39 GMT, "S.Heenan" <sheenan@wahs.ac> wrote:

<SNIP>
>You will need to do a repair install before the computer is first booted
>into Windows XP.
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
>
Sounds good to me. To summarise, backup vital files, upgrade hardware,
do repair install as laid out by Microsoft article above, use Windows
Update to re-install updates. That sound right to you?

Regards

Ian

 

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If you change the motherboard then you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a
clean install of XP and your other programs to avoid getting nasty ongoing
Registry errors.

--
DaveW



"Ian Pollard" <m1flc@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I am planning an upgrade of my motherboard cpu and graphics card. I
> was wondering if there is anything I can do to make it painless.
> WillWin XP tolerate the upgrade without dying on me? Any advice
> welcomed.
>
> Ian

 

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Ian Pollard wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:21:39 GMT, "S.Heenan" <sheenan@wahs.ac> wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
>> You will need to do a repair install before the computer is first
>> booted into Windows XP.
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
>>
> Sounds good to me. To summarise, backup vital files, upgrade hardware,
> do repair install as laid out by Microsoft article above, use Windows
> Update to re-install updates. That sound right to you?


If your data is backed up, a repair install will very likely work, but a
clean install is a better idea. Yes, it will take a few hours, but the
benefits far outweigh the hassle.In either case, you will need to install
Windows XP SP1a and all later Critical updates.
I've used the repair routine when the mainboard had to be swapped in a
hurry. Since you have the option of a clean install, use it.