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Replacing motherboard
I want to know if it is possible to replace a motherboard without reinstalling windows 2000. I have heard that you can go into device manager and remove pretty much all hardware, then shut down, replace mobo, start up and it will find all kinds of new hardware and work fine but I am trying to find out if that is true or not. (Wow, long sentence :P) Anyone know or have tried? Thanks.
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Unless the chipset is the same you will have to uninstall any device drivers that are related to the chipset and reinstall with the ones sent with the new mother board. Any integrated hardware like audio and video would have to be changed.
The best way to be an expert is to practice n practice hard... just try this thing i have never done it, but i think it might work for some device drivers... The chipset thing is not an issue in this case, my advice for u is to try this thing n i hope it will work for u...
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I tried to restore but it didn't work. I booted and it found all kinds of new hardware and crapped out. So I am not formatting the drive and I will do a fresh install AGAIN! Thanks for your help.
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Have you even checked the guide I gave?
I've done that more that lot's of times and never had any problems.
I've done that more that lot's of times and never had any problems.
How to Move a Windows 2000 Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249694
Greetings,
LucF