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October 24th, 2004, 09:38 PM
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| Motherboard upgrade requires reformat?
yea....my question is....if i get a new mobo and want to upgrade it
do i have to format my harddrive? | 
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October 24th, 2004, 09:42 PM
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Not necessarily even though it is probably reccomended for best results...
sometimes you can simply try booting to see how well the operating system handles the switch, if that doesnt work, you can use the repair option from booting off the CD.
What OS.... and what are you upgrading from/to? | |
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October 24th, 2004, 10:01 PM
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no its the mobo
well its on xp home right now | |
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October 24th, 2004, 10:14 PM
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no... I mean what motherboard are you upgrading from... and what is the new one? | |
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October 24th, 2004, 10:17 PM
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the old one is from dell dimention2400
and the new one is ecs 648fx-a | |
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October 24th, 2004, 10:29 PM
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is your XPHome on a restore disk... or is it retail/OEM?
XP is quirky... Ive had it accept a major overhaul of components one time and then get all buggy just because I switch some pci cards...
give it a try... do the switch and try to boot normally, if that doesnt work, try safe mode and delete all the mainboard drivers, if your still having trouble, boot from the CD and do the second repair option, it will delete the main windows folders and reinstall windows leaving everything but your outlook express E-mail and favorites intact. back these up before doing so... | |
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October 25th, 2004, 10:47 AM
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okay...and yes i have the restore disk that came with dell | |
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October 25th, 2004, 11:58 AM
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the restore disk will not work with a motherboard besides the original, there will also most likley be compatibility issues with the case/psu
if you have a friend with a real disk you can use that and your key
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October 25th, 2004, 07:21 PM
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okay good
i actually can get the real xp disk from a friend of mine
and i have the cd key
so it will work right?
or can i just select the repair option from windows? | |
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October 26th, 2004, 01:13 PM
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It's called "Reinstall" rather than Repair I think. | |
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