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Thread ID: 139361	2015-04-20 22:33:00	Using sysprep	Tony (4941)	Press F1

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1399031	2015-04-22 04:36:00	All I am saying, with a backup image you can always replace a broken windows installation. You boot from the backup program's boot CD then replace the C: drive image. THEN you can decide on another path. Seems like you are trying too hard. Knowing I have a backup image, I just chuck the new drive into the new box and let windows sort out the drivers. I have had this work several times, including with a Vista install. Good luck with whatever you do.	linw (53)
1399032	2015-04-22 04:56:00	I just chuck the new drive into the new box and let windows sort out the drivers. I have had this work several times, including with a Vista install. Good luck with whatever you do.But I'm not just putting in a new drive - it's a mobo and CPU. The drive setup isn't changing - that's a whole different upgrade, :) I'll certainly first just boot it and see what happens, but I'm not optimistic. That's why I've been making sure I know what else I might have to do.	Tony (4941)
1399033	2015-04-22 09:42:00	I know you are matching the old drive with a new motherboard!! I understand exactly what you are doing and have done from your first post.	linw (53)
1399034	2015-04-24 05:41:00	Well, O me of little faith! Linw, I grovel and abase myself. I put in the new hardware, powered up and it said the memory was stuffed. Took out the new dram, cleaned a bit of stuff off the contacts, put it back in and off it went. I haven't even had to re-activate Windows, which does surprise me. I've got a bit of minor tweaking to do, but basically it all seems OK. I reached the desktop in 11 secs instead of the 30 I had before. Having written this of course it will totally fail in the next little while and I'll spend the rest of the weekend trying to fix it.	Tony (4941)
1399035	2015-04-24 06:32:00	There's no way I could give a guarantee but I certainly have had good results. Windows is pretty clever at this! Nah, it won't crash now! Would it?? My fingers are crossed!	linw (53)
1399036	2015-04-24 07:53:00	I was speaking from bitter experience when in the past I've basically had to start from scratch and reinstall everything. That was what I was wanting to avoid. I haven't tried booting Vista (I never got round to deleting it) or Win 10, but I'm not fussed at all about them.	Tony (4941)
1399037	2015-04-24 08:12:00	Win10 started fine after some automatic re-setup. Vista started but was having problems with some drivers - I'll check that out some other time.	Tony (4941)
1399038	2015-04-25 20:34:00	Windows 7 asked me to re-activate after thinking about it for 24 hours - worked no probs. Vista definitely iffy - having problems with drivers etc. The ASUS setup CD stuff doesn't support Vista, but it does support XP - what does that tell you? I could re-install it or do a repair, but I think it is probably RIP Vista - it won't be missed. I'm a bit disappointed with the graphics performance of the on-board video - it only gives me a Windows experience score of 4.5 and seems to have a problem with Aero. I reinstalled my Radeon 4800 graphics card and it went up to 7.3 and Aero worked fine. I haven't found a way to tweak the on board video, but I would like to lose the graphics card if I could as it is very long and makes placement of the 3 HDD I have a bit tricky.	Tony (4941)
1399039	2015-04-25 23:33:00	Sometimes simply putting the existing OS onto new hardware can cause all sorts of weird happenings. One possible cause can be because you didn't remove the original drivers, the new drivers for the new motherboard could be conflicting with the old someplace. The original install will have drivers for both the old and new board / Components.	wainuitech (129)
1399040	2015-04-25 23:45:00	Sometimes simply putting the existing OS onto new hardware can cause all sorts of weird happenings. One possible cause can be because you didn't remove the original drivers, the new drivers for the new motherboard could be conflicting with the old someplace. The original install will have drivers for both the old and new board / Components. So what's the possible solution? If I look at Device manager all I see is the Radeon 4800 card - nothing else that looks like video. How do I establish whether what you are saying is the case?	Tony (4941)
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