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From: Bob Knowlden on 24 Jun 2008 13:21
It's possible.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

In short: you boot from an XP CD and perform a repair installation - also
known as an upgrade in place. This requires an XP installation CD that's at
the same service pack level as the installation you are attempting to
repair. You may have to make up a new copy of your installation CD. Google
on "slipstreaming". The other option would be to uninstall the service pack,
if needed. A repair installation preserves most settings and installed
programs, but it does not include changes downloaded form Windows Update.

A clean re-install of XP is the most likely to have no problems, but it's
more effort.

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"- Bob -" <uctraing(a)ultranet.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to make a major mobo change (from gigabyte to Asus)
> without reinstalling XP from scratch? Or would this be a very long day
> with perpetual problems haunting me?
>
> If it can be done, any pointers or step by step for the software
> issues would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,

From: Mr. Slither2u on 24 Jun 2008 13:59
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:41:26 -0400, - Bob - <uctraing(a)ultranet.com>
wrote:

>Is it possible to make a major mobo change (from gigabyte to Asus)
>without reinstalling XP from scratch? Or would this be a very long day
>with perpetual problems haunting me?
>
>If it can be done, any pointers or step by step for the software
>issues would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,


Microsoft has a KB on this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824125
From: peter on 24 Jun 2008 14:01
Its not the fact that you are moving from one manufacturer to the other that
matters so much...but the chipset drivers of the mobo.
If it is the same chipset version there usually are no problems.
If you are moving from one chipset to another..ie Nvidea to Intel or even a
newer chipset from same company then Bob's advice will work.
pk


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"- Bob -" <uctraing(a)ultranet.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to make a major mobo change (from gigabyte to Asus)
> without reinstalling XP from scratch? Or would this be a very long day
> with perpetual problems haunting me?
>
> If it can be done, any pointers or step by step for the software
> issues would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,

From: William on 24 Jun 2008 15:52

"- Bob -" <uctraing(a)ultranet.com> wrote in message
news:4n1264pfel6ojp6t5ja83tptt14fcqeiqt(a)4ax.com...
> Is it possible to make a major mobo change (from gigabyte to Asus)
> without reinstalling XP from scratch? Or would this be a very long day
> with perpetual problems haunting me?
>
> If it can be done, any pointers or step by step for the software
> issues would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>

Bob:

I did exactly that on the mobo I have running now. The first mobo, a MSI
975X 775, I could not get my wi-fi to work on any of the usb ports. After
reading up on the mobo I found that the mobo was known to have usb problems.
I returned it to Newegg for credit and purchased a ASUS P5W DH
Deluxe/WiFi-AP Green.

I moved the cpu, ram, and video card over to the new mobo and booted up on
the XP sr2c disk and allowed XP to do a repair. All went well. I did run
into some secondary problems with setting up the video card, and had to call
in for a new reactiviation number, but all is well for over 2 years now and
many upgrades down the road.

William


From: Bob Knowlden on 24 Jun 2008 17:36
In general, a repair won't wipe installed applications, which is the point
in doing it rather than a clean install.

You may find that some installed applications will need to be uninstalled
and re-installed after a *successful* repair install of XP. The applications
won't be wiped, but file changes may render them unreliable. That is one
reason than a clean install is preferable.

"- Bob -" <uctraing(a)ultranet.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:21:16 -0400, "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob(a)comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>A clean re-install of XP is the most likely to have no problems, but it's
>>more effort.
>
> Understood. My biggest concern is actually all the application
> installations. They take me close to a day to install and setup once I
> have the OS installed.
>
> Will the "repair" wipe out the installed applications?
>
>

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