New Mobo / Processor - OS Question

I've been told by my hardware store that upgrading my motherboard and
processor might screw up my OS (in my case windows 2000) to the point that I
would need to re-install the OS (I think mainly they said because of the
motherboard). Is this true? What reasons? I've already downloaded in
preparation the drivers for the motherboard (ASRock K7VT2 with 1.4 duron).
Is there any other way I can prepare for the change and to avoid a
re-install? I thought it would be a simple case of plugging the HD in and
installing the drivers through windows wizards as it detected the changes...

If I did need a re-install - its not going to mess up to the extent that my
existing partitions which contain non-OS or program dependent data on it,
will be trashed also, is it? I'm sure not - but I would like some
reassurance first! (I have of course backed up anyway).

"ck26" wrote in message
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I've been told by my hardware store that upgrading my motherboard and
processor might screw up my OS (in my case windows 2000) to the point that
I
would need to re-install the OS (I think mainly they said because of the
motherboard). Is this true? What reasons? I've already downloaded in
preparation the drivers for the motherboard (ASRock K7VT2 with 1.4 duron).
Is there any other way I can prepare for the change and to avoid a
re-install? I thought it would be a simple case of plugging the HD in and
installing the drivers through windows wizards as it detected the
changes...

If I did need a re-install - its not going to mess up to the extent that
my
existing partitions which contain non-OS or program dependent data on it,
will be trashed also, is it? I'm sure not - but I would like some
reassurance first! (I have of course backed up anyway).

New mainboard could very well mean fresh install. You might be able to get
away with a "repair" installation, but I'd back up data before doing this
swap.

Upgrading your MB or processor will certainly require a fresh install of
windows 2000. A Win 2000 will not run on changed processor speed.
Colin

"ck26" wrote in message
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I've been told by my hardware store that upgrading my motherboard and
processor might screw up my OS (in my case windows 2000) to the point that
I
would need to re-install the OS (I think mainly they said because of the
motherboard). Is this true? What reasons? I've already downloaded in
preparation the drivers for the motherboard (ASRock K7VT2 with 1.4 duron).
Is there any other way I can prepare for the change and to avoid a
re-install? I thought it would be a simple case of plugging the HD in and
installing the drivers through windows wizards as it detected the
changes...

If I did need a re-install - its not going to mess up to the extent that
my
existing partitions which contain non-OS or program dependent data on it,
will be trashed also, is it? I'm sure not - but I would like some
reassurance first! (I have of course backed up anyway).


It depends on how 'different' your new mobo is from the old one from
on-board devices point of view. If your old board is VIA chipset based as is
the new one then you may get away with it without any problems. If the
chipsets are of different design, say Intel or SiS to VIA then you will
have problems up to possibly Win2k hanging during boot. Booting to safe mode
with the new mobo and installing VIA Hyperion 4in1 drivers may help.

"Colin" wrote in message ...
Upgrading your MB or processor will certainly require a fresh install of
windows 2000. A Win 2000 will not run on changed processor speed.
Colin

Yes it will! I upgraded my machine from a 1100MHz Duron to a 1467MHz
Athlon XP without reinstall Win2k, or Linux. The OS's probably won't
like a change of MB though. The change of processor is fine but I
wouldn't be too keen on changing a MB without reinstalling the OS's.

If you replace the motherboard and CPU and do NOT reinstall XP you can end
up with major Registry errors. If you decide to reinstall you'll need to
reformat the harddrive first which will lose ALL of your files, so have the
backup ready.

--
DaveW



"ck26" wrote in message
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I've been told by my hardware store that upgrading my motherboard and
processor might screw up my OS (in my case windows 2000) to the point that
I
would need to re-install the OS (I think mainly they said because of the
motherboard). Is this true? What reasons? I've already downloaded in
preparation the drivers for the motherboard (ASRock K7VT2 with 1.4 duron).
Is there any other way I can prepare for the change and to avoid a
re-install? I thought it would be a simple case of plugging the HD in and
installing the drivers through windows wizards as it detected the
changes...

If I did need a re-install - its not going to mess up to the extent that
my
existing partitions which contain non-OS or program dependent data on it,
will be trashed also, is it? I'm sure not - but I would like some
reassurance first! (I have of course backed up anyway).

What the F*#K are you talking about ??
processor doesn`t make a lick of difference.....
motherboard change will need a re-install....
repair function is pretty crap... clean install is the way to go if
possible....

Brett.....



"Colin" wrote in message
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Upgrading your MB or processor will certainly require a fresh install of
windows 2000. A Win 2000 will not run on changed processor speed.
Colin

"DaveW" wrote in message news:ERfpb.68058$9E1.293518@attbi_s52...
If you replace the motherboard and CPU and do NOT reinstall XP you can end
up with major Registry errors.

Oh yeah? And which "errors" are those?

"Alex Delarge" wrote in message
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"DaveW" wrote in message
news:ERfpb.68058$9E1.293518@attbi_s52...
If you replace the motherboard and CPU and do NOT reinstall XP you can
end
up with major Registry errors.

Oh yeah? And which "errors" are those?

Bluescreens

Flakey hardware

Freezes

non-working hardware

DLL errors

Did you think about the hard drive controllers, floppy controller? or
the USB ones?
Possibly sound, network and video also.
Thought not.

"Alex Delarge" wrote in message
om...
"DaveW" wrote in message
news:ERfpb.68058$9E1.293518@attbi_s52...
If you replace the motherboard and CPU and do NOT reinstall XP you
can end
up with major Registry errors.

Oh yeah? And which "errors" are those?