Does a new mobo/cpu require a formatted HD?
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Mr. Visa [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img] i have half of a new PC on the way (Case/psu, mobo, cpu, ram). Question is: Can i just throw my harddrive in there and expect it to work. Or do i have to format and do a clean install?
For some reason i think its the latter of the two but i'm not positive why. If so, not a huge deal, i've formatted about 5 times in 2 days [img]graemlins/banghead.gif[/img] making things right. Just downloading all the programs i need and configuring them - not to mention all of the windows updates is a pain (although on a new pc that stuff will fly!!!)
Mr. Visa [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img] i have half of a new PC on the way (Case/psu, mobo, cpu, ram). Question is: Can i just throw my harddrive in there and expect it to work. Or do i have to format and do a clean install?For some reason i think its the latter of the two but i'm not positive why. If so, not a huge deal, i've formatted about 5 times in 2 days [img]graemlins/banghead.gif[/img] making things right. Just downloading all the programs i need and configuring them - not to mention all of the windows updates is a pain (although on a new pc that stuff will fly!!!)
50 Watt CAFz'r
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it wont work right off the bat. but what you can do is with your hdd in your old machine go into safe mode and delete all the drivers then reboot. Make sure to have your winxp disk in the cdrom but not to boot from and it should fix itself with all the proper drivers it can (that are available on the winxp cd). I dont really recommend this method it is much better to start fresh
ahh drivers...never thought about that part hah woops.
Alright, not a big deal this time i'll know forsure i'll have all the correct drivers for cards and install files on my seperate harddrive so i don't even have to download them, just install them.
thanks for the info!
Alright, not a big deal this time i'll know forsure i'll have all the correct drivers for cards and install files on my seperate harddrive so i don't even have to download them, just install them.
thanks for the info!
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It will work, it will just reinstall the new devices that are on your MOBO and whatever else you add.. I have done it many times...and anything that shows up in device manager with a yellow ? or ! just remove it and there ya go then when you reboot if it comes back that's device that's not installed proper on your new mobo...might need driver or something
[ July 01, 2004, 12:13 PM: Message edited by: ChizzerZ24 ]
[ July 01, 2004, 12:13 PM: Message edited by: ChizzerZ24 ]
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May or may not work. Main problem will be chipset ... ie: if you had a VIA chipset before and now you're going to another one. You can't uninstall the VIA stuff and it likes messing things up.
If it DOES work, it will probably have a few problems. I personally suggest reinstalling anyways. Your new computer will isntall windows in about 30 minutes, if you have fast internet all the updates will be done in about 2 hours and you can probably reinstall like 90% of your stuff in a few more hours.
I suggest moving EVERYTHING to CD then formatting. If you're decently computer literate and DON'T have a CD-R, defrag the harddrive. Copy everything relevant into a folder in the root called Stuff (or similar). Reboot using a Win98 boot disk and rename the program files folder to progback (or similar) the windows folder to winback (or similar) and delete the win.com file in the windows folder. Then, reinstall windows, the new installtion of windows won't detect the old one, you can re-install and you will have a backup of everything you need.
If it DOES work, it will probably have a few problems. I personally suggest reinstalling anyways. Your new computer will isntall windows in about 30 minutes, if you have fast internet all the updates will be done in about 2 hours and you can probably reinstall like 90% of your stuff in a few more hours.
I suggest moving EVERYTHING to CD then formatting. If you're decently computer literate and DON'T have a CD-R, defrag the harddrive. Copy everything relevant into a folder in the root called Stuff (or similar). Reboot using a Win98 boot disk and rename the program files folder to progback (or similar) the windows folder to winback (or similar) and delete the win.com file in the windows folder. Then, reinstall windows, the new installtion of windows won't detect the old one, you can re-install and you will have a backup of everything you need.
500 Watt CAFz'r
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This works 99% of the time on windows 98/ME and prolly bout 85% on win2000 / xp (and i still recommend backing up anyways)
Remove the Driver reference key (PCI) in the windows registry.
It is located in the following location.. HKEYLocalMachine/System/CurrentControlSet/ENUM/PCI
Turn the old machine off..
Do your upgrade
Turn the new machine on and let it redetect everything.
Re install your chipset drivers (Via/SIS/Nforce/Intel)
Then take a look in device manager and install the missing drivers.
But then again a format is always nice..
Remove the Driver reference key (PCI) in the windows registry.
It is located in the following location.. HKEYLocalMachine/System/CurrentControlSet/ENUM/PCI
Turn the old machine off..
Do your upgrade
Turn the new machine on and let it redetect everything.
Re install your chipset drivers (Via/SIS/Nforce/Intel)
Then take a look in device manager and install the missing drivers.
But then again a format is always nice..
hah "stuff" isn't that the internation **** folder name?
i'll just format again, i'm interested to see how quick windows installs, plsu i'ev got all the install files on my other hard drive so that should be a snap, and i'm on cable internet...so we're all good there
i'll just format again, i'm interested to see how quick windows installs, plsu i'ev got all the install files on my other hard drive so that should be a snap, and i'm on cable internet...so we're all good there
Chipset change will likely cause a BSOD. If you're changing from one board to another with the same chipset, it might not hiccup.
I've even tried saving the HW profile and removing all icons in Dev Manager before swapping boards and I'd still get a BSOD.
I've even tried saving the HW profile and removing all icons in Dev Manager before swapping boards and I'd still get a BSOD.
