When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA.
In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the "boot upgrade" does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot "upgrade" does not work. Regards, Tim Lider > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 > > When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you > Language/Time & Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the > next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the > lower left corner there are two options: What to know before > installing Windows & Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your > computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows > installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to > repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no > problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the > System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since > Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and > the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive > letter. For me, it put it at E: > > I found all this stuff here: > > http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair-windows-7- > install-after-replacing-motherboard/ > > On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: > > I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? > > Disguised as upgrade install. > > I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. > > fp > > > > At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: > >> If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and > >> it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard > >> arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an > >> Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a > >> ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate > alone > >> takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to try > >> and save the install. > >> > >> To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the installation > >> went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the install is find > >> just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the web. > >> There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to install > >> drivers. > >> You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, after > >> it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you open > >> up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E & F > >> are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were located on > >> my system, YMMV): dism /image:E:\ /add-driver /Driver:F:\ /recurse > >> > >> After this, Windows booted from HD and proceeded to install drivers. > >> It took a couple of reboots and so far everything is back to > >> 'normal'. I need to check and see if every device is active. I had > >> to reactivate windows (It gave me only 3 days!), but the new > >> automated phone system was quick and easy. Obviously it refused to > >> activate automatically online, it threw out a security error. > >> > >> I really did not have a big thing against a full reinstall. It > would > >> take a couple of days to finish, but it really cool to do something > >> like this to 'fool' windows. > >> > >> Steve > > > > Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 > > > > ***Caution, Tagline Below *** > > **Tallyho** > > ****************************************** > > I can't be stupid, I completed third > > grade. > > ****************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
