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Badali

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I currently own a Sony PCV RX-650. And I recently bought a case, processor, and motherboard from newegg.com and was going to build a custom system. So I was going to keep the graphics card, hard drive, ram, etc. I have currently, but was told by a few people that when I install my old hard drive into my new system, that I will have to reformat it and buy Windows XP, is this true? Because I dont understand why this would be.

Thanks, Derek
 
Badali said:
I currently own a Sony PCV RX-650. And I recently bought a case, processor, and motherboard from newegg.com and was going to build a custom system. So I was going to keep the graphics card, hard drive, ram, etc. I have currently, but was told by a few people that when I install my old hard drive into my new system, that I will have to reformat it and buy Windows XP, is this true? Because I dont understand why this would be.

Thanks, Derek
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If the motherboard you bought uses a different chipset, then yes you will have to reinstall XP. XP builds the OS around the chipset, and when you switch the chipset it is still looking for that chipset file (believe it's called the kernel?) on the HD. If the mobo is in fact the SAME chipset though...then you "should" be able to keep XP installed and just get new drivers. That's how it was when i went from a viakt333 to a NF2 Ultra400...wouldn't load windows. After XP reinstall everything was fine. hope that helps.
 
I currently have an XP Home disc, but the cd key for the disc has already been used, will I still be able to use the same disc eventhough it was used on one of my other computers?
 
Sure. You can use the cdkey plenty of times. its only the cd-keys that get mass-used that are blocked, and only from updates/activation, and there are ways of getting around that anyway. Go ahead and use the cdkey you have.
 
Because I dont understand why this would be.
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Because the OS one-time-writes a handful (actually a crapload) of files that tells it how to deal and interface with your hardware ... if you make a lot of core changes then those files are useless and the OS doesnt know how to interface with the hardware
 
Praetor said:
Because the OS one-time-writes a handful (actually a crapload) of files that tells it how to deal and interface with your hardware ... if you make a lot of core changes then those files are useless and the OS doesnt know how to interface with the hardware
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when i overclocked it told me i had to reactivate windows due to hardware changes, kind of odd cuz all i did was up the voltage/mhz a crap load. OS is real touchy...
 
when i overclocked it told me i had to reactivate windows due to hardware changes, kind of odd cuz all i did was up the voltage/mhz a crap load. OS is real touchy...
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Yeah ive seen that the occasional time ... they *are* touchy :P
 
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