can winxp cope with motherboard drivers changes??

Hi,

I'm going to get this new temporary pc soon (solely to program on!
=P) , and i plan to copy my hard drive content from my current HDD to
the new one. I' use Drive Image 5.0. I backup my whole drive on and
off and inevitebly when windows gets cluttered with new apps etc ... i
restore an older *cleaner* image back on the hard drive.

So i've done this many times on my *own pc. But , this *new * pc ,
probably will have a different motherboard , if i do copy my whole
hard drive there , the drivers for my current motherboard would'nt
work. Would windows allow me to *start and uninstall those drivers and
change to new ones??*

I cant start by installing winxp from scratch , i've got tons of
apps , settings all fine tuned.

Gideon

A repair installation of win will be required, in order to install drivers
from your mobo/hw manu cd's or their web sites.
NB do NOT use winupdate for drivers
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

"giddy" <gidisrael@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm going to get this new temporary pc soon (solely to program on!
> =P) , and i plan to copy my hard drive content from my current HDD to
> the new one. I' use Drive Image 5.0. I backup my whole drive on and
> off and inevitebly when windows gets cluttered with new apps etc ... i
> restore an older *cleaner* image back on the hard drive.
>
> So i've done this many times on my *own pc. But , this *new * pc ,
> probably will have a different motherboard , if i do copy my whole
> hard drive there , the drivers for my current motherboard would'nt
> work. Would windows allow me to *start and uninstall those drivers and
> change to new ones??*
>
> I cant start by installing winxp from scratch , i've got tons of
> apps , settings all fine tuned.
>
> Gideon
>

"giddy" <gidisrael@gmail.com> wrote
> Hi,
>
> I'm going to get this new temporary pc soon (solely to program on!
> =P) , and i plan to copy my hard drive content from my current HDD to
> the new one. I' use Drive Image 5.0. I backup my whole drive on and
> off and inevitebly when windows gets cluttered with new apps etc ... i
> restore an older *cleaner* image back on the hard drive.
>
> So i've done this many times on my *own pc. But , this *new * pc ,
> probably will have a different motherboard , if i do copy my whole
> hard drive there , the drivers for my current motherboard would'nt
> work. Would windows allow me to *start and uninstall those drivers and
> change to new ones??*
>
> I cant start by installing winxp from scratch , i've got tons of
> apps , settings all fine tuned.

Assuming the OS is a retail version ( an OEM version cannot be moved to a
new system) and only one copy of XP is installed at a time, you can move the
"move" the drive, but you'll need to do a repair install. In some cases, if
the changes in hardware are significant enough, that won't work and a clean
install will be needed.

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

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

hi,

I did hope for the worst and was prepared to do a clean install.

Hope it works out!

Thanks so much!

Gideon

"giddy" <gidisrael@gmail.com> wrote
> hi,
>
> I did hope for the worst and was prepared to do a clean install.
>
> Hope it works out!
>
> Thanks so much!

You're welcome. Good luck.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

giddy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm going to get this new temporary pc soon (solely to program on!
> =P) , and i plan to copy my hard drive content from my current HDD to
> the new one. I' use Drive Image 5.0. I backup my whole drive on and
> off and inevitebly when windows gets cluttered with new apps etc ... i
> restore an older *cleaner* image back on the hard drive.
>
> So i've done this many times on my *own pc. But , this *new * pc ,
> probably will have a different motherboard , if i do copy my whole
> hard drive there , the drivers for my current motherboard would'nt
> work. Would windows allow me to *start and uninstall those drivers and
> change to new ones??*
>
> I cant start by installing winxp from scratch , i've got tons of
> apps , settings all fine tuned.
>
> Gideon
>


Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific 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/directo...;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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HI ,

thanks everyone especially Bruce , great anology!

I have a retail version of XP , infact my motherboard conked once
already, got it replaced and did a fresh install.

That link came very handy.I tranfered everything to the laptop and
repaired-installed xp and it and it worked like a charm. My laptop
has literally become my desktop pc now , with everything just perfect.

Thanks so much again

Gideon