Swapping motherboard - format and reinstall XP?

[JPG1804]

Is it necessary to reinstall windows XP when changing motherboards? I'm not changing the processor, they're both 478 pentium 4 boards. Should I be able to just swap the boards and boot the same XP installation from the same hard drive without causing any problems?

[djnes]

I'm really starting to think no one reads the stickies:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=772307

Would it be possible to have this one brought back out to the main OS forum page?

[hulksterjoe]

If the chipset is the same then you should be able to just swap and go.. if not you can read this thread (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=772307) from the sticky..


EDIT :: <shakes fist at djnes>
damn your fast typing :D

[JPG1804]

ah.

thanks.

[djnes]

If the chipset is the same then you should be able to just swap and go.. if not you can read this thread (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=772307) from the sticky..


EDIT :: <shakes fist at djnes>
damn your fast typing :D
:D You have to catch me in the morning before my ghetto mocha....which is coffee and hot chocolate powder mixed together. We just got a new box of "with Marshmallows". Extra power for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Philip]

The way the sticky shows is best.

But I'll tell you what happened to me about a month ago. I got up one morning and my computer was off. After troubleshooting I found the CPU had died. It was a P4 1.8 willie core 400 FSB in a Abit TH7 non-raid board.

I ordered a P4 3.0 800 FSB to go into a Abit IS7-V2 board I had laying around here. I droped my SCSI card into the new computer. It booted into windows and it found all the new hardware. I called MS and got a new number and have been running it for a month with no lockups or BSOD's or anything.

XP is a lot more forgiving than the other MS OS's.

BTW I was ready to do a full reload if it acted up at all. :D