if i change my motherboard...

grayg

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• Oct 18, 2005

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If I change my motherboard to a pci-e mobo from an agp one will I need to format my hard drive and install everything again?
Or can I get away with just uninstalling all my drives and using driver cleaner and then installing the new ones??

 

Kaiga

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• Oct 18, 2005

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You don't really have to reformat if you are putting in a new mobo. but sometimes though there will be times where the compatibility "gap" is so huge that you will just have to back up and start fresh over. however, if you wanted to, you could start eveything in safe mode, and uninstall drivers there, then install new ones. I have done this in the past and it ussually worked.

 

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grayg

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I take it you mean this:
1) safe mode, uninstall drivers and shut down comp
2) swap motherboards and boot up again
3) install drivers
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thanks

 

maxio098ui

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• Oct 18, 2005

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jep

i think he does but id do a fresh one anyways

 

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• Oct 18, 2005

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grayg said:

I take it you mean this:
1) safe mode, uninstall drivers and shut down comp
2) swap motherboards and boot up again
3) install drivers
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thanks

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It will probably work, but a re-install would be preferable.

 

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• Oct 18, 2005

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And you can do the super-lame method of just installing windows over itself which won't completely wipe out your registry or require you to format.

 

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grayg

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Thanks, I know it is not a thing I should do but, I really can't be bothered going through the regular 3 hrs of installing everything onto the computer all over again gets more and more annoying everytime you do it.

 

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Gnufsh

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• Oct 19, 2005

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You think that's bad? Try doing a stage 1 gentoo install (however, you don't have to re-install linux when you change motherboards, just re-compile the kernel).

 

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• Oct 19, 2005

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Am I the only one who likes to reformat?

 

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grayg

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lowfat said:

Am I the only one who likes to reformat?

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you could become the reformater and get paid by us all, you'd be rich lol

 

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lowfat said:

Am I the only one who likes to reformat?

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I try to reformat my OS partitions at lessed once every 2 month and a full format every year or so. Its just nice having a clean slate to work on.