Good tip Keith, I will keep this one in mind for the future. I don't use XP personally but 2 weeks ago I moved an XP drive from one system to a completely new system and upon restarting XP found all of the new hardware and installed it all. In the 2 weeks since there have been no conflicts at all with no reinstallation of software either. Far better service than when one piece of hardware is changed with XP :(
Peter Kaulback In the hour of 10:45 AM 8/25/2002 -0400, Keith Thompson spoke this: >I've used the deltree.com utility on several occasions to carve out the >windows and subfolders. This leaves all the programs and data on the >hard drive. Some will require reinstallation and others will run as >is. I do back up the dll's and other criticals via a RZDLL utility >which stores all the dll files in another folder. Once I have carved >out Windows, its a fresh install almost as if I had re-formatted. If one >is worried about the autoexec and config files, you can easily find them >in the root folder and delete them as well. The deltree.com is >available with win95 and win98 (not sure about se and probably not with >ME.) > >Keith Thompson > >"OrpheusComputing.com" wrote: > > > > I think I already said why: > > > > You should always reformat when > > > > changing a motherboard, no two boards are the same. The > > old > > > > board will leave countless 'things' in the extended > > device > > > > manager, not to mention all the orphaned drivers files. > > > > These things can severely conflict with a new board. > > > > Not to mention the "derelicts" left over in the registry. > > Not starting over is just asking for problems......conflicts, > > yellow marks in the device manager, IRQ conflicts, errors, > > instability, etc. > > > > Important programs and files should be backed up regularly > > anyway. In the long run it's actually faster to just > > reformat, than to have to deal with and try and figure out & > > fix, errors, instability, and all the conflicts that > > *usually* arise. > > -Clint > > > > God Bless Us All > > Clint Hamilton, Owner > > http://OrpheusComputing.com � > > > > At 06:14 PM 8/24/2002 +0100, graham nimmo wrote the > > following: > > > > >Clint wrote: > > > > > > > > Did you ever reformat? You should always reformat when > > > > changing a motherboard, no two boards are the same. The > > old > > > > board will leave countless 'things' in the extended > > device > > > > manager, not to mention all the orphaned drivers files. > > > > These things can severely conflict with a new board. > > > > > >Why do people always reformat? > > > > > >Why not just rename Windows and Program Files folders then > > re-install. > > >This way you have access to any old drivers you may need but > > have > > >forgotten where you originally got them. > > > > > >Anyone who can boot from a start-up disk can perform this > > simple task > > >with no loss of data - you did backup absolutely everything > > before you > > >reformatted?!! ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
