Yes, I've done this exact same thing on W2k Server a few times.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Cohane Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 9:25 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Motherboard upgrade At 22:10 12/15/05, FORC5 wrote: >in device manager set hard drive to >standard dual channel pci ide controller ( I am assuming not SATA ) >I have a reg file to set boot back to default settings. >have yet to have a xp mb swap not boot. ( w2k yes but not xp ) >should be on THG FTP > >luck >the trick with the add on controller works to most of the time. >fred Hi Fred I have a computer booting off an Adaptec SCSI card (39160) and SCSI hard drive (15K RPM Cheetah). Do you think my Win2k will boot (and allow me to update other hardware) if I upgrade motherboards (PIII board to P4 board, both with Intel chipsets) but move the same SCSI card into the new motherboard? Regards, Bill
