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From: Natéag on 25 Jan 2008 09:10
If it is a recent board, of course it will run XP -
as long as an install CD comes with it.


"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> a �crit dans le message de
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> From: "mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer(a)verizon.net>
>
> | I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.
> | The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
> | there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install
> | keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
> | be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.
>
> You have to check with all the hardware manufacturers and verify they
> produce WinXP drivers
> for the motherbboard.
>
> If the motherboard is significantly different, that is their respective
> chip-sets, a repair
> install will fail. You will just end up in a BSoD condition.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>
>

From: milleron on 25 Jan 2008 13:02
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:31:40 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer(a)verizon.net>
>
>| I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.
>| The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
>| there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install
>| keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
>| be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.
>
>You have to check with all the hardware manufacturers and verify they produce WinXP drivers
>for the motherbboard.
>
>If the motherboard is significantly different, that is their respective chip-sets, a repair
>install will fail. You will just end up in a BSoD condition.

In fact, there are documented methods for keeping the XP installation
when MOVING to a significantly different motherboard. Michael Stevens
provides detailed instructions on doing this, and the process DIFFERS
from the "Repair Install" in which XP is simply being reinstalled on
the system on which it already exists.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

If I were doing this, I would CLONE my existing XP installation to a
new HD on my current installation and then use the cloned HD for the
rest of the procedure. I'd set aside the HD on which XP is currently
installed and NOT use it at all for the transfer process. I'd PRINT
OUT the instructions for "moving XP" from the Michael Stevens site,
read and re-read them several times, and then proceed with the
motherboard replacement, following those instructions in meticulous
detail to get XP reinstalled with a NEW HAL, NEW IDE drivers, and NEW
motherboard drivers for the new board.

If it works, I'd have saved myself about two weeks of installation
time and dozens or hundreds of reboots required by the process of
reinstalling all my programs and data. If it failed, I'd be no worse
off than if I just started with a fresh installation after the MB
swap. My original HD would be perfectly intact in case something
happened that required going back to the original hardware setup. Even
if the "MOVE" process failed, and I did have to proceed with a fresh
installation, I could install the original Windows XP HD in the "new"
computer so that data transfer would be a copy-and-paste process.

Ron
From: DaveW on 25 Jan 2008 18:41
1) XP Pro will work fine on a Vista certified motherboard.
2) You'll need lots of luck to get a "Repair Install" to work, thus avoiding
the preferred reformat and install when changing motherboards, so as to
avoid nasty ongoing errors.

--
--DaveW
"mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
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>I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.
> The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
> there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install
> keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
> be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.


From: geoff on 25 Jan 2008 20:06
Someone else here said XP will not install on a quad core, dual or single
core only.

I do not know if it is true though.

-g


From: Natéag on 26 Jan 2008 08:47
On a dual core, whether Intel or AMD I know for sure that it will.


"geoff" <nospam(a)nospam.com> a �crit dans le message de
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> Someone else here said XP will not install on a quad core, dual or single
> core only.
>
> I do not know if it is true though.
>
> -g
>
>

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