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Roxanne Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:36:29 -0800
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No, don't quit worrying.  A motherboard changeout involves many, many changes
in the Win95 drivers being used, and therefore in the registry.  Adding memory
or simply changing a CPU while keeping the same motherboard involves virtually
no changes to Win95 at all.

If a computer owner is changing the motherboard, the system will operate much
better (faster and with fewer errors) with a clean Win95 installation on a
newly formatted drive, with all applications reinstalled, than if they let
Win95 auto-detect the system changes that come with the new motherboard.

Roxanne Pierce
R2 Systems, San Diego
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On Wednesday, March 25, 1998 07:32, Tom Turak [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> As for the earlier suggestion about re-installing Win95, I am interested in
> others opinions.  I generally do not xcopy win95 directories, and I don't
> put hard disks pre-installed with win95 into new builds.  I suppose mobos
> and cpus are no different than adding memory as far as the operating system
> is concerned,  but I worry about what trash may be lingering in an old
> system directory from a previous life.  Should I quit worrying?
>
> Tom Turak

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