Same HD, New mobo

[mickey_hwoarang]

I'm getting a new mother board, and was wondering if i need to reformat C drive. Or would the registry in C auto detect everything on my new motherboard, such as new components and bios? My OS is Windows XP Pro.

[Jeanluc]

HI, i've done that, and i never had problems with
my operating system. Windows will detect the new hardware.
The only problem i had was some nasty blue screen message, and i solved it by updating chipset drivers.
In a few moments you'll be getting the real answers, from the big guys in here, but this is just what i did, maybe i'm wrong.

hope it helps.

[finger51]

Its all about the HAL (http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci214424,00.html)

I've seen it produce some buggy machines and I've seen it not work at all. I've never seen it work successfully.

[FijiJohn]

I've seen it work. BUT, I've ALSO seen it produce buggy machines aor fail outright. You gotta ask yourself how willing you are to live with a buggy machine. :D

[kazuza]

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110408