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I'm considering upgrading a PC, that presently has an Intel 440 BX mobo and
a Celeron 1000, to an nForce2 mobo and an Athlon 2600. Can these be swapped
out without having to reinstall the OS? (WinXP Pro). It has taken quite a
while to get all of the apps configured, is a fresh install absolutely
necessary? Any success stories? Thanks in advance.
 
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I upgraded from a Abit BH6 with a P3 500 to a A7V333 with a AMD
XP2000.

I tried to just swap the stuff over, but XP was constantly crashing
and trying a repair didnt help at all.

I would do the full reinstall of XP. If you can then do it on a new
HDD and then plug your old HDD as a slave afterwards. Then you can
copy over key files at your leisure.

Harry


On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 03:42:19 -0400, "Tim" <argybargy@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I'm considering upgrading a PC, that presently has an Intel 440 BX mobo and
>a Celeron 1000, to an nForce2 mobo and an Athlon 2600. Can these be swapped
>out without having to reinstall the OS? (WinXP Pro). It has taken quite a
>while to get all of the apps configured, is a fresh install absolutely
>necessary? Any success stories? Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
 
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 03:42:19 -0400, "Tim" <argybargy@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I'm considering upgrading a PC, that presently has an Intel 440 BX mobo and
>a Celeron 1000, to an nForce2 mobo and an Athlon 2600. Can these be swapped
>out without having to reinstall the OS? (WinXP Pro). It has taken quite a
>while to get all of the apps configured, is a fresh install absolutely
>necessary? Any success stories? Thanks in advance.
>

You will probable have to do at minimum a repair install of the OS.
 
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If you change the motherboard in a computer system, then you MUST reformat
the harddrive and do a fresh install of Windows if you want to avoid nasty
ongoing Registry errors. A word to the wise.

--
DaveW



"Tim" <argybargy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm considering upgrading a PC, that presently has an Intel 440 BX mobo
and
> a Celeron 1000, to an nForce2 mobo and an Athlon 2600. Can these be
swapped
> out without having to reinstall the OS? (WinXP Pro). It has taken quite a
> while to get all of the apps configured, is a fresh install absolutely
> necessary? Any success stories? Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
 
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DaveW wrote:
> If you change the motherboard in a computer system, then you MUST reformat
> the harddrive and do a fresh install of Windows if you want to avoid nasty
> ongoing Registry errors. A word to the wise.
>

I do it all the time and never have any registry errors, 'nasty',
'ongoing', or otherwise.
 
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Thanks for the replies everyone. Any suggestions for a good nForce2 mobo?
I'm not planning on overclocking, just looking for a stable, reliable board.
 
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David Maynard wrote:
> DaveW wrote:
>
>> If you change the motherboard in a computer system, then you MUST
>> reformat
>> the harddrive and do a fresh install of Windows if you want to avoid
>> nasty
>> ongoing Registry errors. A word to the wise.
>>
>
> I do it all the time and never have any registry errors, 'nasty',
> 'ongoing', or otherwise.

Last time I tried my system wouldn't boot. Not even in safe or VGA mode.

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Paul Hill wrote:

> David Maynard wrote:
>
>> DaveW wrote:
>>
>>> If you change the motherboard in a computer system, then you MUST
>>> reformat
>>> the harddrive and do a fresh install of Windows if you want to avoid
>>> nasty
>>> ongoing Registry errors. A word to the wise.
>>>
>>
>> I do it all the time and never have any registry errors, 'nasty',
>> 'ongoing', or otherwise.
>
>
> Last time I tried my system wouldn't boot. Not even in safe or VGA mode.
>

Well, since I didn't see it I can't say for sure what went wrong but one
common problem is not F6'ing in a needed driver during the reinstall/repair.
 
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Abit An7 or NF7
I installed an AN7 , had a few bumps , post 90 code
but a bare bones set up and a few rubber washers from home depot have this
board running just great
"Tim" <argybargy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the replies everyone. Any suggestions for a good nForce2 mobo?
> I'm not planning on overclocking, just looking for a stable, reliable
board.
>
>
 
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"Tim" <argybargy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2i8305Fk7uqgU1@uni-berlin.de...
> I'm considering upgrading a PC, that presently has an Intel 440 BX mobo
and
> a Celeron 1000, to an nForce2 mobo and an Athlon 2600. Can these be
swapped
> out without having to reinstall the OS? (WinXP Pro). It has taken quite a
> while to get all of the apps configured, is a fresh install absolutely
> necessary? Any success stories? Thanks in advance.

See

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125
 
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"Tim" <argybargy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Gert B. Frob" <spaminator@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:JT8xc.14091$HG.5966@attbi_s53...
> >
> > See
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125
> >
> >
>
> Thanks! The instructions, however, pertain to Win2000 and Server 2003 -
> does it still apply to WinXP Pro?

Haven't tried it, but I suspect so.
 
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