New Cpu, Mobo, memory...can I....?

[steven1110]

Getting new cpu, memory and mobo, can I just swap the hardware out without having to reinstall windows? I've read that you can do this and just run a repair windows afterwards.

Anybody have any experience with doing this?

Just in case it matters I'm going from socket 939 to Am2, DDR to DDR2, and nforce to AMD chipsets I believe.

 

[HardwareGuru]

Yes, you can. But, as long as the O/S or HDD doesn't have any bad errors on it where it won't run a repair. If the O/S is running fine on your existing drive, a repair will work and you will have your files, programs etc like how you had on your other build.

 

[steven1110]

ok that's good news...the drive shouldn't have any errors on it since the windows on it is only about a month old.

At least I can breath a bit easier now and hope there aren't complications.