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Craig008 - 21 Oct 2007 20:15 GMT

i am looking at upgrading my motherboard to allow other upgrades to be done,
mostly graphics, now my question is what precutions should i take, do need to
make a boot disc ands should i be prepred to reinstall everything and phone
microsoft for a new product key. i am currently running vista ultimate 64 bit
edition

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Mike Hall - MVP - 21 Oct 2007 20:27 GMT

Do a clean install and be prepared to activate over the phone. Don't forget
to save all important stuff before you start the changeover.

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>i am looking at upgrading my motherboard to allow other upgrades to be
>done,
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Dfrey1969 - 22 Oct 2007 21:40 GMT

You can't reactivate Vista with a different motherboard and video card if you
have only an OEM copy though right? Because I'm contemplating doing the same
thing, but since my copy of Vista Business is an OEM edition, I'm going to
have to buy at a minimum Home Premium, right?

> Do a clean install and be prepared to activate over the phone. Don't forget
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Richard G. Harper - 21 Oct 2007 23:36 GMT

I will second Mike's sage advice - clean install. Trying to force Windows
to recognize new hardware after a swap may or may not work, or even worse,
may appear to work for a while and then become unstable and cause the loss
of data.

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>i am looking at upgrading my motherboard to allow other upgrades to be
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Craig008 - 30 Oct 2007 22:25 GMT

sorry its been a while been a working, i am not using OEM vista just an
upgrade version so i will have to install XP first, my hard drive is in the
procces of dying now (never gonna buy another cheap drive) so i will have to
a back up/clone and take it from there

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> I will second Mike's sage advice - clean install. Trying to force Windows
> to recognize new hardware after a swap may or may not work, or even worse,
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