New motherboard replacement

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XP SP3
Recently I got my motherboard faulty and replaced with another new
motherboard.
What would happen when I reboot the XP and what should I do to re-use my
original harddisk with this XP SP3?
 
Re: New motherboard replacement

Man T wrote:
> XP SP3
> Recently I got my motherboard faulty and replaced with another new
> motherboard.
> What would happen when I reboot the XP and what should I do to re-use my
> original harddisk with this XP SP3?
>
>

Same exact motherboard brand and model or is the new one different?

Alias
 
Re: New motherboard replacement

If your computer came with XP preinstalled it is likely an OEM version of
Windows. Some manufacturer's lock the OEM to the motherboard and it will
simply not work on another motherboard. So If you have an OEM version it is
possible that your computer will not launch to the Desktop. That's worse
case scenario. On the other hand it is not unusual for XP to boot to the
Desktop in which case you will likely need to install drivers for the new
hardware using the disc that comes with the new motherboard. After you've
done that you can visit the manufacturer's site for updated drivers. If it
has been over 120 days since you last activated the copy of XP then you will
be prompted to activate and it should go smoothly. If activation doesn't go
through use the telephone option. It takes a few minutes and generally is
smooth.

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"Man T" <alanpltse_NOSPAM@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> XP SP3
> Recently I got my motherboard faulty and replaced with another new
> motherboard.
> What would happen when I reboot the XP and what should I do to re-use my
> original harddisk with this XP SP3?
>
 
Re: New motherboard replacement

>> XP SP3
>> Recently I got my motherboard faulty and replaced with another new
>> motherboard.
>> What would happen when I reboot the XP and what should I do to re-use my
>> original harddisk with this XP SP3?
> Same exact motherboard brand and model or is the new one different?

That will be a different motherboard since my original motherboard was
bought 2 years ago and no retail shops selling it anymore.
 
Re: New motherboard replacement


"Man T" <alanpltse_NOSPAM@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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| >> XP SP3
| >> Recently I got my motherboard faulty and replaced with another new
| >> motherboard.
| >> What would happen when I reboot the XP and what should I do to re-use my
| >> original harddisk with this XP SP3?
| > Same exact motherboard brand and model or is the new one different?
|
| That will be a different motherboard since my original motherboard was
| bought 2 years ago and no retail shops selling it anymore.
|
Between your two postings it appears that you have a custom built computer and can we assume you
have commercial version of the Windows Disk?
Also, is your computer upgraded to SP3 via updates or CD? Is your Windows CD and earlier version,
say SP2?

The best you can hope for is that Windows Starts, but you have a lot of driver errors. These can be
fixed with the disk that came with the new motherboard. The worst you can expect is that you have
to do a clean install, with the Windows CD, and then go through all of the updates again. (Of
course in this case, you will lose all of your installed programs and data files.) If your CD is
not SP3 and the hard drive is, you won't be able to do a repair installation.
 
Re: New motherboard replacement

"Richard in AZ" <me@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Man T" <alanpltse_NOSPAM@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:uVm6iDsIJHA.4240@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> | >> XP SP3
> | >> Recently I got my motherboard faulty and replaced with another new
> | >> motherboard.
> | >> What would happen when I reboot the XP and what should I do to re-use
> my
> | >> original harddisk with this XP SP3?
> | > Same exact motherboard brand and model or is the new one different?
> |
> | That will be a different motherboard since my original motherboard was
> | bought 2 years ago and no retail shops selling it anymore.
> |
> Between your two postings it appears that you have a custom built computer
> and can we assume you
> have commercial version of the Windows Disk?
> Also, is your computer upgraded to SP3 via updates or CD? Is your
> Windows CD and earlier version,
> say SP2?
>
> The best you can hope for is that Windows Starts, but you have a lot of
> driver errors. These can be
> fixed with the disk that came with the new motherboard. The worst you can
> expect is that you have
> to do a clean install, with the Windows CD, and then go through all of the
> updates again. (Of
> course in this case, you will lose all of your installed programs and data
> files.) If your CD is
> not SP3 and the hard drive is, you won't be able to do a repair
> installation.
>
You may still be able to do a repair installation if your install disk was
not a SP3 and your hard drive is provided you burn a new install disk and
use slipstreaming to add SP3.
 
Re: New motherboard replacement

Richard in AZ wrote:
> "Man T" <alanpltse_NOSPAM@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:uVm6iDsIJHA.4240@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> | >> XP SP3
> | >> Recently I got my motherboard faulty and replaced with another new
> | >> motherboard.
> | >> What would happen when I reboot the XP and what should I do to re-use my
> | >> original harddisk with this XP SP3?
> | > Same exact motherboard brand and model or is the new one different?
> |
> | That will be a different motherboard since my original motherboard was
> | bought 2 years ago and no retail shops selling it anymore.
> |
> Between your two postings it appears that you have a custom built computer and can we assume you
> have commercial version of the Windows Disk?
> Also, is your computer upgraded to SP3 via updates or CD? Is your Windows CD and earlier version,
> say SP2?
>
> The best you can hope for is that Windows Starts, but you have a lot of driver errors. These can be
> fixed with the disk that came with the new motherboard. The worst you can expect is that you have
> to do a clean install, with the Windows CD, and then go through all of the updates again. (Of
> course in this case, you will lose all of your installed programs and data files.) If your CD is
> not SP3 and the hard drive is, you won't be able to do a repair installation.
>
>

If he slipstreams SP3 he can, yes?

Alias
 
Re: New motherboard replacement

Man T wrote:
> XP SP3
> Recently I got my motherboard faulty and replaced with another new
> motherboard.
> What would happen when I reboot the XP and what should I do to re-use my
> original harddisk with this XP SP3?
>
>


Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific motherboard chipset and
therefore are *not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours
before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one
on which the WinXP installation was originally performed, you'll need to
perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than
120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.



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