Thread: When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
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Old June 13th 06, 03:49 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
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"Doc" wrote:

| Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
| theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
| O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
| needs to "see".
|
| Thanks.