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By mr_listener •
Hi there,,
I'm Planning / about to upgrade my pc i.e, processor & Motherboard.
what i want to know is, if there is any way i can install the said hardware without formatting C drive and re-installing O/S. coz i have dual O/S, XP and Vista.. it really would be the Pain in the neck to re-do all again..
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point seekers and head bangers plz dont waste the space thx...
Thanking IT Experts in advance..
Thx blackbeard,, i appreciate that u answered (delayed, no problem at all) :) u r right its 50/50.. a gamble.. might work might not as well.. lets see what happens.
Thx again ,, might bother u again someday if i needed help:D so be prepared :P
Good Day Friend..
sorry for the late reply dude.. I slept last night and have'nt seen your follow-up question..
1st, you have to back-up all of your files to an external harddrive or if you have a D partition or more, save it there (unless you save your window files in drive D save it on E instead).. do this on your current hardwares (not upgraded yet).. this is to safeguard all your data..
2nd, if all of your upgrades are ready for installation, install it for yourself, or perhaps it's better to ask the technician or sales person where you're buying the upgrades if they can install the hardwares for you.
3rd, switch on the unit. as to my experience, no problem will be encountered, but, theoritically, since there is changes, a system crash may occur. At this time, you have to reinstall your winXP. Boot from the disc. upon completion of loading the files needed for installation, press enter, f8, and then the system will search an existing windows and then press "r" to repair the system. the installer will repair the system for you, no need to identify what specific system file you need to replace. the installer will replace all the system files to adopt and configure it, based on the new environment. with your new specs, repairing would take 30mins - 1 hr.
as you can see, you have to gamble, you have 50-50 chance of zero headache or go to the repairing process. unfortunately, there is no precise or easier method than this.
hope this helps and good luck.
^_^
To OfMyHeartShape... wow Congrats man! u r 5 points richer, Bravo!!
To blackbeard.. i would be changing my Intel mobo with a Gigabyte (yet to decide what model to buy) and Pentium Dual Core 3.4 with Core 2 Quad.
In this reference would be kind enough to tell what system files to be fixed and what to be fixed in those files.
Thx..
from what (hardware) to what (hardware) are you planning to upgrade?
it will depend on the compatibility of the hardwares but usually, if you've installed XP and Vista from your current hardwares, there should be no problem to be encountered on you hardware upgrade. unless something arises, there is someway that you don't need to reformat your harddrive. fixing the system files would do..
have a nice day..
Well all the OS and softwares are installed on the hard disk. So if you upgrade the PC , but keep the same hard disk, everything will be the same. Maybe a few settings in your BIOS mite be needed.Other wise , just stick to the same hard disk
google.com works!!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=GSl&q=replace+motherboard+current+xp&btnG=Search