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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / January 2004upgrading pc with xp already on it
I plan on doing a major update of my desktop pc that I currently run with xp pro. I'll probably upgrade from Pentium II to IV, get more memory, and replace my cd drives with read/write drives. I'd like to keep my harddrive with all my info on it, of course, but am I going to have a problem with xp thinking it's been installed on a new computer and stop working? Is the xp license by motherboard so if I get a new motherboard, it's really a new pc? Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm [Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]  SignatureCarey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | I plan on doing a major update of my desktop pc that I | currently run with xp pro. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] | Is the xp license by motherboard so if I get a new | motherboard, it's really a new pc? Greetings -- Normally, and assuming either a retail license or a generic (non-branded) OEM license, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old one (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.), 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 As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any important data before starting. Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH > I plan on doing a major update of my desktop pc that I > currently run with xp pro. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Is the xp license by motherboard so if I get a new > motherboard, it's really a new pc? |
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