Install New Mobo. Strategy Needed

edgutgesell · Rated PG Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

I am new to this forum and this is my first post, so be kind!! I am not a hardware guy, although I have successfully upgraded mobo's in the past. I am not a gamer.

I am preparing to upgrade my 833 MHZ motherboard to a 2.0 GHZ Athlon 64. The reason for the upgrade is that I am attempting to capture, edit old VHS tapes and to capture camcorder DV, edit, and create DVD's from the input. The input I am getting from my capture device, (ADS DVD Express USB 2.0) ) and camcorder (Firewire) isn't acceptabel due to jerky capture. I think the slow P3 FSB is the problem.

My question is: What strategy should I use to do this upgrade. I have a current Ghost backup on DVD. I have a considerable amount of SW on the C: drive (10 GB on 200GB drive) Alot of the SW has patches and updates, which will be a pain to re-install. Since the architecture of the Athlon 64 is so different than the P3, should I start from scratch with a reformat and install XP Pro and reinstall all of my software piecemeal after installing the new mobo??? (I also will need to reinstall SP2) Or should I attempt to use the Ghost backup which was created on the P3? Is using the backup a bad idea? Crazy

The computer after the upgrade will be as below:

Athlon 64 2GHZ
1 GB DDR PC 3200
200 GB 7200 ATA drive
60 GB 7200 ATA drive
DVD Burner
DVD ROM
3, 1394 interfaces
6 USB 2.0 interfaces
128 MB ATI AGP

dadx2mj · Posted: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:00:59 Post Subject:

First off Welcome to Big Bruin

Personally I would go with a fresh clean install. However I have had good luck doing a repair install as well. To do the repair install get your new mobo and cpu installed and then boot from the XP CD. Once the CD starts to boot you will have to accept the license agreement then choose to install XP on about the 3rd screen I think it is you will be given the option to repair the current installation of XP. This basically installs Windows over the top of itself and all you data and apps will still be there and working. You will however have to get all of the Windows Updates and Service Packs.

HackaX0rus · Posted: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:44:53 Post Subject:

i have found some windows problems when goin from a via to an nf2 so make sure the chipsets are the same company and if they are it should be easy if not you might wanna backup your data.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:56:33 Post Subject:

Personally.... I would go with a fresh install. Otherwise you will be subject to the strong possibility of strange and unexplainable computer behavior.

Just block out a day... and get to work Grin

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

I'm with EC on this one.

I would guess you would have a 33% chance of having a good set-up if you installed off the Ghost image and went that way. Possibly lower, especially if the core chipset is different (ie: via to nf2). I've never had much luck doing that, so I always do a reimage.

I know it's a pain in the butt to do sometimes, but you'll have a more stable system. Load up your current OS and write down all the programs you have installed, then either d/l the patches and burn to cd, or get them after you do a fresh install of the os.

Good luck!

HackaX0rus · Posted: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 18:01:01 Post Subject:

Do it the long its surefire and the best. i would only use the short way on a slight mobochanges like a abit nf2 to a dfi nf2. do anything more than that and you are walking on touchy soil.

edgutgesell · Rated PG Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

I appreciate your replys. I am a lazy guy and I was hoping that someone had a secret that would spare me additional work!!

Thanks again,

Ed G. Smile

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

Unfortunately there's not much of an easy way to do it right. You can always try cutting corners and see if you can get it to go without any problems. You could get lucky.

Doing it the short way will more than likely work fine for a while. But probably wouldn't work the greatest long term...

dadx2mj · Posted: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:38:07 Post Subject: Re: Thanks For The Replys!!!

HackaX0rus · Posted: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:04:54 Post Subject:

when i had power supply issues i had to reinstall windows almost every 2 months because of corruption. i know every trick in the book as far as winxp installation goes, and the repair install is the best.