mobo transfer in desktop

Bobo · 11-11-2006, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

A board swap is a major not minor hardware change. Even if you are going to run the same cpu and memory XP's hardware detection process is more or less wrapped around the original board. If it is the same make and model you could probably slide by with a repair install. The problem there however is the preinstall of Windows and not from an installation disk you will now have to buy.

That's bullcrap. Twice I swapped whole computers (disregarding the HDD) and the same Windows installation worked just fine, without any repairing or replacing.

pdc76 · 11-11-2006, 04:57 AM

i have done that too in the past. windows just finds a bunch of new hardware and installs the drivers for them. you'll have extra drivers after that, but they don't take up much space.

Bobo · 11-11-2006, 02:58 PM

Well of course not, I deleted all the HP stuff the minute I got the computer....

meanman · 11-15-2006, 01:44 AM

stop being petty he needs to install a fresh copy of windows lice pc eye said ,bobo you are wrong

[-0MEGA-] · 11-15-2006, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobo

That's bullcrap. Twice I swapped whole computers (disregarding the HDD) and the same Windows installation worked just fine, without any repairing or replacing.

Thats not entirely true. I was having problems with my video card drivers before, so I uninstalled and reinstalled them a few times, and then XP gave me a message saying I changed my hardware significantly, and I have to re-activate.

Now thats bull crap.

11-11-2006, 04:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
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Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	Well of course not, I deleted all the HP stuff the minute I got the computer....

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meanman Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: england Posts: 1,786	stop being petty he needs to install a fresh copy of windows lice pc eye said ,bobo you are wrong