Hi All,

I'm going to upgrade my motherboard (KT266A chipset to nforce 2 400).

Read a lot of things and seems like i'll need to do a 'repair' on my
win xp pro install.

I've seen a few reports saying that they did manage an upgrade without
doing a repair and wanted to check with you all what are the factors
that could mean success?

For example if I do install all the nforce drivers before changing
mobo would that make a difference?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

"David Perrault" <esieens@chez.com> wrote in message
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if your new mobo has the same chipset...XP may very well reconfigure OK

if it does not bootup you need to then boot with your XP xd and perform

a repair installation... then reapply your windows updates

"David Perrault" <esieens@chez.com> wrote in message
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Don't take a chance. Do a repair install, and do it
*before* you try to boot your new system.

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On 16 May 2004 12:49:32 -0700, esieens@chez.com (David Perrault)
wrote:

Once you change the motherboard it will be too radical a change for
the system. If you boot into windows before changing windows it will
probably go bezerk and lock up or just not boot. You have to install
the chipset drivers after installing the operating system.

It might work and it might not.

I recommend removing all the video card drivers because Nforce
motherboards use a different video technology than VIA chipsets. You
might look for a 4-in-1 video driver remover. Also remove all devices
like sound, and netwroking, if they are integrated on the motherboard.

The easiest thing to do is to just back up all your files and your
email and your favorites from your browser to a separate storage
device. Then just try to do the repair.

If you have an illegal copy of WinXP that might be fixable by changing
the key. I have used a program called Jelly Bean Code viewer to look
up the CD Key. Look for it on the Internet. It is possible to change
this key.

David Perrault wrote:


The best option is to backup any important data and do a clean install.
The next best is to perform a repair installation of Windows XP _before_
first booting into Windows.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q315341
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm