New Motherboard - should I reinstall Windows XP

decimator · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:19

I'm going to be exchanging the motherboard in my sig for an ASUS A8V deluxe, all the other components will be the same, obviously it's a different Chipset (going from Nforce3 to the VIA K8T800 Pro) so I'm wondering if I should take the trouble to format the HD and reinstall Windows or just do a repair install, I've read on the net that doing a repair install means you don't then have to reinstall all your apps, but as I'm mainly doing this to improve performance I'd like to know if it could be affected.

decimator · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:29

What kind of problems could I get if I didn't?

decimator · 4 Apr 2006 at 00:00

nyzrox said:
Who knows, your changing chipsets, your old chipset drivers are going to be installed, then new ones, conflictions alsorts.

Will that happen even if I do a repair install as suggested here:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/replace_motherboard.htm

decimator · 4 Apr 2006 at 00:25

OK, thanks, I think I'll do that, it would probably be too irritating to be wondering whether or not I was losing fps etc because of it.

decimator · 4 Apr 2006 at 00:54

OK, you've convinced me, Monstermunch, I think I might get a copy of Norton Ghost and ghost the C: drive for the original motherboard in case I decide to revert back to it.