new motherboard

[james]

I need to replace my motherboard.
My hard drive was preinstalled with xp pro. How does one
do a reinstall without the cd.
Thanks,
james

[Ron Martell]

"james" > wrote:

>I need to replace my motherboard.
>My hard drive was preinstalled with xp pro. How does one
>do a reinstall without the cd.
>Thanks,
>james

Be very very careful.

Unless the new motherboard is identical to the old one, or very close
to it, your computer may not operate properly and in fact may not boot
at all.

If you do not have a Windows XP then you may have a very difficult
problem to overcome, as a "repair install", which requires a full
Windows XP CD, is normally required when replacing the motherboard
with a different make and/or model.

See http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html for information on
motherboard changes and repair installs.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

[james]

Ron,
Thanks for the insite. This will help keep the stress
level down.
James
>-----Original Message-----
>"james" > wrote:
>
>>I need to replace my motherboard.
>>My hard drive was preinstalled with xp pro. How does one
>>do a reinstall without the cd.
>>Thanks,
>>james
>
>Be very very careful.
>
>Unless the new motherboard is identical to the old one,
or very close
>to it, your computer may not operate properly and in fact
may not boot
>at all.
>
>If you do not have a Windows XP then you may have a very
difficult
>problem to overcome, as a "repair install", which
requires a full
>Windows XP CD, is normally required when replacing the
motherboard
>with a different make and/or model.
>
>See http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html for
information on
>motherboard changes and repair installs.
>
>Good luck
>
>
>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>--
>Microsoft MVP
>On-Line Help Computer Service
>http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
>"The reason computer chips are so small is computers
don't eat much."
>.
>