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07-23-2008, 06:44 AM
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| Computer update, OS question Hello, Below my current system Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz XFX 6800GT 256Mb Creative Audigy 2 ZS Abit IC7-Max3 OCZ 1Gb kit EL DDR pc-3200 2x WD Raptor 36.7GB S-ATA RAID0 Maxtor DiamondMax S-ATA 120GB Plextor PX-708A Plextor PX-116A I will update it with the following parts; HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 DDR2 Enermax Modu 82+ 525W Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard On my current system the Raptors are RAID0 with 3 partitions: boot, data and games. When I put in the new hardware will I have to format the Raptors or can I just plug them in and update drivers? Will I need to get a new XP Pro license, if so should I get Vista instead? These may be silly questions but I have never upgraded without upgrading the HDDs, so I really have no idea how to do this. Thx! |
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07-24-2008, 11:36 PM
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07-24-2008, 11:46 PM
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| Re: Computer update, OS question If you change your name from ChillyDog to Hotdog, perhaps the answer might come more quickly  When you change only CPU, or RAM, you don't need to re-install. When you change video card, network card, add-on card, you need to update drivers. When you change the main HDD with OS on it, or motherboard, you need to re-install OS. That is the simplest way to do. In some cases with Windows XP, the HDD still can boot up and ask you to update drivers. But the updating may take long time, have more conflicts, take more hard disk space if older drivers are kept there. I usually re-install everything. Each time I may change my apps, and adjust to my needs at the time. Just a thumb rule. HTMH.
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07-25-2008, 04:07 AM
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| As maxidius says, new motherboard, then it is best to do a fresh install in order to avoid any potential problems. Use Ghost (or use another imaging program) to image your partitions so you can retrieve any data you want to carry forward to your new build. The new RAID on the new MB will want to build a fresh (and empty) RAID array. After that, you are ready for the fresh OS install. Welcome to the ABxZone forums ChillyDog.   |
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07-27-2008, 06:27 PM
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| Re: Computer update, OS question Thanks for the replies ! Greetings |
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