hello there,and again u prob wont get the ansewr from me ether but i have
done this three times all diff. reactions on three diff, pcs.one time was
fine but there wasent that much diff between upgrades.then there was one
time it just keept freezing on post untill i fdisked the hard drive but that
was going from a 333mhz to a 1.2 ghz
dig diff in upgrade seemed to make it harder  so  good luck and just think
of it as cleaning all the junk off your pc the worst case is a reinstall of
the o/s  so have fun jerry the fatboy crider
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul A. Shippert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Motherboard Upgrade


> Greetings Mark and list
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J Kopczewski" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Some of my responses are interspersed...
>
> > I want to upgrade my Celeron 700 system to an AMD based 1800 system.  I
have read the feature
> about this on this website but am concerned about the following:
> >
> > Once the new motherboard/processor/psu/fan/ram etc has been installed, I
need to transfer all
> my existing drives/graphics card etc over.  My primary drive (20 Mb)has
Win ME on it with all
> my software/programmes/games.  My secondary drive (6.4 Mb) is a slave
drive for additional
> storage.
> >
> > I have been told I will need to scram the contents of my primary drive
and re-install the OS!
> Eeek!
>
> Before going to any drastic extremes, I would recommend installing the
primary hard
> disk in the new system, then booting to Safe Mode.  Once in Safe Mode,
right click
> My Computer, Click Properties, Click on the Device Manager tab, then,
one-by-one
> (leaving the mouse for last) remove all devices.  Shut down the computer
as you normally
> would, then power it up and allow WinME to 'rediscover' all the devices.
(I am assuming
> you will have your WinME cd and any device driver disks at hand in case
they are
> necessary.)  This procedure has saved me from a complete re-install on a
number of
> occasions.
>
> > The guide on this website suggests this is not the case.  What I don't
want is to purchase >
> the hardware then find the system will not configure itself and resulting
in taking the
> > whole lot to a PC repair shop to be re-configured etc.  The supplier of
the upgrade
> > hardware has recommedned I do the re-install of the OS.  They will be
providing
> > everything less the drives/graphics card.  I do not have a CD/RW or any
other backup >
> hardware apart from my slave drive.
> >
> > Can anyone please afford me a full and frank answer to my
question/dilemma?  What should I
> do?
> >
>
> Kevin Brown and Tom Turak's responses are also viable options.
>
> HTH,
>
> Paul A. Shippert
>
>
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