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New motherboard and old hd?
Charles:
Is it possible that when your motherboard 'blew out' it took other components with it? You might have a larger hardware problem than you think. Hopefully not. Also, OEM installations are typically BIOS-locked to the original motherboard. Did you check with the OEM to find out if your copy of Windows will work with a different make and model of motherboard? --- Leonard Grey Since no one was buying 'Earl Grey' ***** charles wrote: Hi all, I had a motherboard blow out on me on an XPH machine. I bought a new one (different make/model) so me question is after I replace the motherboard, how do I re-install XP Home without loosing all my programs and data from the original hard drive? I do have the OEM cd that can do repair installs. thanks, charles...... |
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To Charles, both of Leonard Gray's comments below are appropriate, but
assuming you have no other hardware problems and assuming that your copy is not BIOS-locked, try a repair installation (see "How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install" http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm). That usually works, but occcasionally it's not good enough and you have to do a clean installation. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Leonard Grey wrote: Charles: Is it possible that when your motherboard 'blew out' it took other components with it? You might have a larger hardware problem than you think. Hopefully not. Also, OEM installations are typically BIOS-locked to the original motherboard. Did you check with the OEM to find out if your copy of Windows will work with a different make and model of motherboard? ***** charles wrote: Hi all, I had a motherboard blow out on me on an XPH machine. I bought a new one (different make/model) so me question is after I replace the motherboard, how do I re-install XP Home without loosing all my programs and data from the original hard drive? I do have the OEM cd that can do repair installs. thanks, charles...... |
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Hi all,
I had a motherboard blow out on me on an XPH machine. I bought a new one (different make/model) so me question is after I replace the motherboard, how do I re-install XP Home without loosing all my programs and data from the original hard drive? I do have the OEM cd that can do repair installs. thanks, charles...... |
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....something else to have in mind: OEM disks can only do clean installs.
--- Leonard Grey Since no one was buying 'Earl Grey' ***** charles wrote: Thanks Ken for the response. There are no other hardware problems and the cd is a generic oem disk so installing on another computer/motherboard is no problem. It's been over 120 days so the software install should be no problem. Thanks for the link. charles..... "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... To Charles, both of Leonard Gray's comments below are appropriate, but assuming you have no other hardware problems and assuming that your copy is not BIOS-locked, try a repair installation (see "How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install" http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm). That usually works, but occcasionally it's not good enough and you have to do a clean installation. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Leonard Grey wrote: Charles: Is it possible that when your motherboard 'blew out' it took other components with it? You might have a larger hardware problem than you think. Hopefully not. Also, OEM installations are typically BIOS-locked to the original motherboard. Did you check with the OEM to find out if your copy of Windows will work with a different make and model of motherboard? ***** charles wrote: Hi all, I had a motherboard blow out on me on an XPH machine. I bought a new one (different make/model) so me question is after I replace the motherboard, how do I re-install XP Home without loosing all my programs and data from the original hard drive? I do have the OEM cd that can do repair installs. thanks, charles...... |
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***** charles wrote:
Thanks Ken for the response. There are no other hardware problems and the cd is a generic oem disk so installing on another computer/motherboard is no problem. It's been over 120 days so the software install should be no problem. Thanks for the link. You're welcome. Glad to help. Even if it were under 120 days, you could activate by voice call to an 800 number, and that's quick and easy. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... To Charles, both of Leonard Gray's comments below are appropriate, but assuming you have no other hardware problems and assuming that your copy is not BIOS-locked, try a repair installation (see "How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install" http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm). That usually works, but occcasionally it's not good enough and you have to do a clean installation. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Leonard Grey wrote: Charles: Is it possible that when your motherboard 'blew out' it took other components with it? You might have a larger hardware problem than you think. Hopefully not. Also, OEM installations are typically BIOS-locked to the original motherboard. Did you check with the OEM to find out if your copy of Windows will work with a different make and model of motherboard? ***** charles wrote: Hi all, I had a motherboard blow out on me on an XPH machine. I bought a new one (different make/model) so me question is after I replace the motherboard, how do I re-install XP Home without loosing all my programs and data from the original hard drive? I do have the OEM cd that can do repair installs. thanks, charles...... |
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Leonard Grey wrote:
...something else to have in mind: OEM disks can only do clean installs. A clarification, though. That means they can't do upgrade installations. It does *not* mean they can't do repair installations. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup ***** charles wrote: Thanks Ken for the response. There are no other hardware problems and the cd is a generic oem disk so installing on another computer/motherboard is no problem. It's been over 120 days so the software install should be no problem. Thanks for the link. charles..... "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... To Charles, both of Leonard Gray's comments below are appropriate, but assuming you have no other hardware problems and assuming that your copy is not BIOS-locked, try a repair installation (see "How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install" http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm). That usually works, but occcasionally it's not good enough and you have to do a clean installation. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Leonard Grey wrote: Charles: Is it possible that when your motherboard 'blew out' it took other components with it? You might have a larger hardware problem than you think. Hopefully not. Also, OEM installations are typically BIOS-locked to the original motherboard. Did you check with the OEM to find out if your copy of Windows will work with a different make and model of motherboard? ***** charles wrote: Hi all, I had a motherboard blow out on me on an XPH machine. I bought a new one (different make/model) so me question is after I replace the motherboard, how do I re-install XP Home without loosing all my programs and data from the original hard drive? I do have the OEM cd that can do repair installs. thanks, charles...... |
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New motherboard and old hd?
Thanks Ken for the response.
There are no other hardware problems and the cd is a generic oem disk so installing on another computer/motherboard is no problem. It's been over 120 days so the software install should be no problem. Thanks for the link. charles..... "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... To Charles, both of Leonard Gray's comments below are appropriate, but assuming you have no other hardware problems and assuming that your copy is not BIOS-locked, try a repair installation (see "How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install" http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm). That usually works, but occcasionally it's not good enough and you have to do a clean installation. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Leonard Grey wrote: Charles: Is it possible that when your motherboard 'blew out' it took other components with it? You might have a larger hardware problem than you think. Hopefully not. Also, OEM installations are typically BIOS-locked to the original motherboard. Did you check with the OEM to find out if your copy of Windows will work with a different make and model of motherboard? ***** charles wrote: Hi all, I had a motherboard blow out on me on an XPH machine. I bought a new one (different make/model) so me question is after I replace the motherboard, how do I re-install XP Home without loosing all my programs and data from the original hard drive? I do have the OEM cd that can do repair installs. thanks, charles...... |
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