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  1. Nov 23rd, 2002, 12:05 PM #1
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    Talking Changing Mb

    I'm getting a new Motherboard for my friend,

    He has 2 HDDs. Is there anything I need to be causious about? Do I need to reinstall windows for him if he switches to this motherboard??

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  2. Nov 23rd, 2002, 01:19 PM #2
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    1. Nothing besides the obvious
    2. No, but you should remove any motherboard-specific drivers (VIA 4in1)
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  3. Nov 23rd, 2002, 01:53 PM #3
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    Do i have to go into the Bios and change the master and slave?

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  4. Nov 23rd, 2002, 03:12 PM #4
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    The BIOS is different on the new motherboard, remember. All the settings will need to be recreated as you want them.

    I'd advise reinstalling Windows anyway, it copes much better.
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    what if i don't wanna reinstall windows? are there any things I need to do in order to make it like before?

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  7. Nov 25th, 2002, 12:45 AM #6
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    As posted by Siyan, delete all the motherboard-specific drivers.

    It might not be a bad idea to delete all the drivers and let the Plug & Play logic reinstall them.

    If you do not have a lot of application software installed, it might be easier to reinstall the OS, and then reinstall the application software.

    I sympathize with you about reinstalling the OS. I avoid it when possible. I have a lot of applications installed, whihc area pin to reinstall. I also have made some minor tweaks to the OS, which I will miss if I do not redo them.
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  8. Nov 25th, 2002, 02:47 AM #7
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    After the 5th time you've installed it, getting everything back as you want it is surprisingly easy
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  9. Nov 25th, 2002, 06:29 AM #8
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    Originally posted by parksie
    After the 5th time you've installed it, getting everything back as you want it is surprisingly easy
    Yes, especially after the 500th time!
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  11. Nov 25th, 2002, 07:52 AM #9
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    I've lost count how many times I've installed various flavours of Windows. Surprisingly, I only ever did 3.11 twice
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