Rick,
I generally find it easiest to use a spare small-but-hardy hard drive,
transfer all existing data/essentials to it, then reformat the drive/install
new mobo&CPU.  The format takes a while, but it is a hands-off wait.  Seems
there are fewer surprises this way.  Otherwise you can just install new
stuff, install new drivers (et. al.), and then clean out the old mobo/CPU
stuff.  Your method works well, but only if you know which devices/drivers
you can/cannot safely remove without potential mid-session crash.
Martin Kurr
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> From:         Lindstrom, Rick[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> I've built several computers from scratch, but I've never done a mobo/cpu
> upgrade to a system that already had Win95 operational on it.
> At a guess, I would say that it would go something like this:
> Before changing out the hardware, go into Device Manager and remove just
> about everything(?); turn off the machine and do the hardware swap;
> restart
> with only the video card, floppy, CDROM and HDD attached; pray a little;
> hope Win95 can figure out what's going on and detect the new "devices" on
> the mobo; reinstall and redetect sound cards, NICs, or whatever, one at a
> time. Pray a little more. Maybe have an operational system without doing a
> format and reinstall?

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