nvidia mainboard swap

evening shep,

I read where is it that it sucks.....From Kelly Theriot. This is a
must read?
I have always used it,,,procedures outlined in MCSE manual, show the
console as the correct way, not that they are always the best or
fastest way.


"Shep©" wrote in message
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
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"JAD" wrote :

the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what
you
do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have
you
looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.


Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.



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You dont want to go into the console. Just put the hardware

together,

and boot from the XP cdrom. Keep going through the stages as if you

were

going to do a new install. Eventually you'll be asked if you want to
reinstall or repair (not the same as console), and this is what you
want. If you miss it, do NOT format anything :-)

If one is interested in reading a post/thread for the sake of
information one usually reads the whole thread. Whats your reason?



"David Maynard" wrote in message
...
JAD wrote:

the 'proper' way is to use the console.......


not to say that what you
do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have
you
looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.


"spodosaurus" wrote in message
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maurice wrote:

Ok, two very different opinions here,

JAD "1. after the install of the MB boot with XP CD and do a

repair

install
from the console"


You dont want to go into the console. Just put the hardware

together,

and boot from the XP cdrom. Keep going through the stages as if
you

were

going to do a new install. Eventually you'll be asked if you want
to
reinstall or repair (not the same as console), and this is what
you
want. If you miss it, do NOT format anything :-)


DaveW "2. Unless you replace the motherboard with the EXACT SAME
MOTHERBOARD,
including version, etc., you'll be hosed if you don not reformat

the

harddrive and do a CLEAN install of the OS"


Dave is talking out of his arse, this is not the only way.


Dave, have you had first hand experience with swapping identical

chipset

boards and having to reformat. Do you have reason to believe the

repair

console wont work?

I normally would reformat but the client has had some custom

software

installed which will need to be reconfigured by the vendor if I

have to

reinstall the OS.

Anybody else had good or bad luck with either of these scenarios?


I've done both, both work.


thanks




"maurice" wrote
in

message

om.au...


I have have to replace a nvidia chipset mainboard a gigabyte

ga7n400,

with


another mainboard but really dont want to have to do a
reinstall

of XP.

Ideally Id replace with the same model but its a very tight

budget (and

a


very long story!) so I was looking at using another Gigabyte

nforce

chipset


board either the ga7n400L or a new model ga7nf-rz which I can

find no

info


on beyond it uses mcp and spp.

I know the sound will be different(the pro uses the nvidia

soundstorm

chip)


but hopefully this wont be a terminal
problem, its differences in the different flavors of the nforce

chipset

I'm


most concerned about. I was hoping that the core logic for ide

drives

etc


would be close enough not to cause a problem but if the past

history of

this


job has any bearing then I'm screwed!

any thoughts on these issues much appreciated

cheers

Maurice






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Shep© wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and then
"JAD" wrote :


the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what you
do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have you
looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.



Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.




The section you want, JAD, is about two-thirds of the way down and
titled "How to Repair Install: (also called "In place reinstall")"

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JAD wrote:
evening shep,

I read where is it that it sucks.....From Kelly Theriot. This is a
must read?
I have always used it,,,procedures outlined in MCSE manual, show the
console as the correct way, not that they are always the best or
fastest way.

How many home users have that lying around?



"Shep©" wrote in message
...

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and then
"JAD" wrote :


the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what

you

do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have

you

looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.


Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.



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isn't that why they come here..............cause they don't have the
manual....AAMOF they come here often cause they don't read the manuals
they have.


"spodosaurus" wrote in message
...
JAD wrote:
evening shep,

I read where is it that it sucks.....From Kelly Theriot. This is
a
must read?
I have always used it,,,procedures outlined in MCSE manual, show
the
console as the correct way, not that they are always the best or
fastest way.

How many home users have that lying around?



"Shep©" wrote in message
...

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and
then
"JAD" wrote :


the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what

you

do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way,
have

you

looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.


Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.



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well I'll tell ya what....OEM versions are EVERYWHERE... and the main
reason I use it is because of the dual boot systems that I deal with
everyday. Have you used your way on dual boot systems also? Is there
an option to chose which partition you want to repair?


"spodosaurus" wrote in message
...
Shep© wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and
then
"JAD" wrote :


the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what
you
do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have
you
looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.



Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.




The section you want, JAD, is about two-thirds of the way down and
titled "How to Repair Install: (also called "In place reinstall")"

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JAD wrote:
isn't that why they come here..............cause they don't have the
manual....AAMOF they come here often cause they don't read the manuals
they have.



Then perhaps you'd care to type out, step by step, the procedure for
using the repair console to accomplish this task.

"spodosaurus" wrote in message
...

JAD wrote:

evening shep,

I read where is it that it sucks.....From Kelly Theriot. This is

a

must read?
I have always used it,,,procedures outlined in MCSE manual, show

the

console as the correct way, not that they are always the best or
fastest way.

How many home users have that lying around?



"Shep©" wrote in message
...


On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and

then

"JAD" wrote :



the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what

you


do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way,

have

you


looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.


Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.



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Then perhaps you'd care to type out, step by step, the procedure for
using the repair console to accomplish this task.


well, that would be redundant as the link that was given, covers all
the different ways,,,,,,,,,,,,\'

"spodosaurus" wrote in message
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JAD wrote:
isn't that why they come here..............cause they don't have
the
manual....AAMOF they come here often cause they don't read the
manuals
they have.




"spodosaurus" wrote in message
...

JAD wrote:

evening shep,

I read where is it that it sucks.....From Kelly Theriot. This
is

a

must read?
I have always used it,,,procedures outlined in MCSE manual, show

the

console as the correct way, not that they are always the best or
fastest way.

How many home users have that lying around?



"Shep©" wrote in message
...


On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and

then

"JAD" wrote :



the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that
what

you


do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way,

have

you


looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.


Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.



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JAD wrote:
well I'll tell ya what....OEM versions are EVERYWHERE... and the main
reason I use it is because of the dual boot systems that I deal with
everyday. Have you used your way on dual boot systems also? Is there
an option to chose which partition you want to repair?



Try it out.

"spodosaurus" wrote in message
...

Shep© wrote:

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and

then

"JAD" wrote :



the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what

you

do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have

you

looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.



Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.




The section you want, JAD, is about two-thirds of the way down and
titled "How to Repair Install: (also called "In place reinstall")"

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you don't know?



"spodosaurus" wrote in message
...
JAD wrote:
well I'll tell ya what....OEM versions are EVERYWHERE... and the
main
reason I use it is because of the dual boot systems that I deal
with
everyday. Have you used your way on dual boot systems also? Is
there
an option to chose which partition you want to repair?



Try it out.

"spodosaurus" wrote in message
...

Shep© wrote:

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and

then

"JAD" wrote :



the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that
what

you

do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way,
have

you

looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines,
curious is all.



Read here Jad,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
The console sucks.




The section you want, JAD, is about two-thirds of the way down and
titled "How to Repair Install: (also called "In place reinstall")"

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