I figured there would be posts about this on the forums already, but for the life of me I couldn't seem to enter the right search terms to get good results. So here I go:
I currently run a socket 939 motherboard with an x2 4400 and ddr ram.
I plan to buy an e6600 cpu and new motherboard and ddr 2 ram.
I don't want to have to do a fresh install of XP in order to get up and running on the new system.
What is the best way to handle this task?
When I went from Intel to AMD, there were some system tweaks and files you could edit before shutting down the old system so that when you hooked everything up in the new system, it would come up without a hitch using the same hard drive loaded with XP and with all my fancy programs.
I figure the same is true for going to a c2d intel based system.
Can someone provide a link to steps for making this change as easy as possible. I REALLY don't want to have to do a fresh install and have to load 500gb of programs again.
I currently run a socket 939 motherboard with an x2 4400 and ddr ram.
I plan to buy an e6600 cpu and new motherboard and ddr 2 ram.
I don't want to have to do a fresh install of XP in order to get up and running on the new system.
What is the best way to handle this task?
When I went from Intel to AMD, there were some system tweaks and files you could edit before shutting down the old system so that when you hooked everything up in the new system, it would come up without a hitch using the same hard drive loaded with XP and with all my fancy programs.
I figure the same is true for going to a c2d intel based system.
Can someone provide a link to steps for making this change as easy as possible. I REALLY don't want to have to do a fresh install and have to load 500gb of programs again.