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Changing out components but keeping Vista on HD: Any forseeable probs?

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Kridian   02-20-2008 at 04:26:31 PM

I'm updating my motherboard, CPU (going from AMD to Intel) and RAM but keeping the HD(s) and DVDRW.

I'd like to know since I've never done this operation before, what (if any) issues I can expect? Is Vista smart enough to update that info when I plug in the new components?

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badge   02-20-2008 at 04:35:41 PM
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One issue would be the old HD has the old MB chipset and system drivers installed which will not work for the new Intel MB. A 'repair' install may work, not sure. A reformat and fresh install of VISTA would be my suggestion.


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Kridian   02-20-2008 at 05:31:56 PM
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Ok, thanks for the info. Fun fun fun.

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Spikeli27   02-23-2008 at 03:33:53 AM
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i have actually done that b4, i stuck old vista installed harddrive into completely new computer and it booted, all i had to install was video driver. i did this on accident when i built my new computer

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