Windows XP

[Peter R]

Just had a new motherboard and hard drive installed. Can I put my XP upgrade
disk in again to make sure everything is working correctly? Hard drive was
"ghosted" and now my computer is acting wierd.

Thanks

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Before going through all the trouble of reinstalling , you may want to
download the newest motherboard drivers for your operating system.

I have noticed that a clean install is usually best in such situations.
Although, I would completely format the drive instead of doing a reinstall
over the current OS. As long as all your info is backed up, you should be
better off. Ghosting seems to work best when the ghosted machine has the
exact same components as the imaged machine.

"Peter R" wrote:

> Just had a new motherboard and hard drive installed. Can I put my XP upgrade
> disk in again to make sure everything is working correctly? Hard drive was
> "ghosted" and now my computer is acting wierd.
>
> Thanks

[Tim Slattery]

"Peter R" > wrote:

>Just had a new motherboard and hard drive installed. Can I put my XP upgrade
>disk in again to make sure everything is working correctly? Hard drive was
>"ghosted" and now my computer is acting wierd.

It would be a good idea to boot from the XP CD and do a repair
install.

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Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

[Rock]

Peter R wrote:

> Just had a new motherboard and hard drive installed. Can I put my XP upgrade
> disk in again to make sure everything is working correctly? Hard drive was
> "ghosted" and now my computer is acting wierd.
>
> Thanks

Do a repair install. See this link for information:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Bruce Chambers]

Peter R wrote:
> Just had a new motherboard and hard drive installed. Can I put my XP upgrade
> disk in again to make sure everything is working correctly? Hard drive was
> "ghosted" and now my computer is acting wierd.
>
> Thanks



Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations
and licenses 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/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

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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