At 06:13 AM 11/4/2004, Chuck Finnigan wrote:
>I'm planning on moving all my current drives (running XP PRO SP2) to a new
>case with a new motherboard and RAM. Will it be necessary to reinstall
>Windows and start over or is there some way my current installation will
>recognize the new hardware and just ask for the driver CD? It would be
>nice not to have to reinstall and reconfigure everything again.

I moved a drive from a burned-out motherboard to a different system with no
problem with recognition of OS or programs installed on that drive.  I did
have to call Microsoft to re-authenticate the OS, XP Pro SP 1.  This took a
few minutes and involved entering MS' horrendously long alphanumeric code
one-fingeredly (holding phone with other hand...).

I did change the video driver after the move but was able to view the
display before doing so.

Worth trying!!!   And, of course, YMMV!

Pat Osborne

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