Let the computer replace the motherboard without reloading the system

One of the reasons why many people don't want to change the motherboard is that changing the motherboard means reinstalling the system, which is acceptable if you don't have too many applications on your computer and it takes about half an hour to reinstall Windows XP. But if you already have a lot of apps installed, reloading Windows XP is a nuisance. In addition to the basic operating system to install, there are a variety of upgrade files and patch files, drivers and so on, is really trouble. In fact, today's small set to introduce a good method, as long as you follow the method described in this article, you can also ensure that the motherboard and other hardware can still function after the normal operation, without having to reinstall a Windows XP system.

Specific steps to operate:

1. Before you begin, it is a good idea to use ghost to make a mirrored backup of the hard disk partition on which Windows XP resides, in case of error, or revert to a previous normal state.

2. Open the chassis and unplug all PCI cards except the display card.

3. In Windows Start--> Settings--> Control Panel--> Add/Remove Programs, remove all hard disk accelerators, including the IAA Accelerator for Intel chipsets and the IDE Tool via chipset.

4. Then, uninstall the driver for the motherboard chipset in Control Panel, but never restart the computer. The specific methods are:

(1) into the "Control Panel"--> "System"--> "Hardware"--> "Device Manager", click on the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" project, the first subkey below it is the motherboard chipset.

(2) Double-click the motherboard chipset name, and then click the Update Driver button in the driver page of the Properties window that appears.

(3) After entering the Hardware Update Wizard dialog box, select "Install from list or specified location" and click "Next" button.

(4) Then, select "Do not search, I want to choose the driver to install." Then click the Next button.

(5) in the "Show Compatible Devices" window, select "Standard dual-Channel PCI IDE Controller" and follow the instructions to complete the installation.

5, shutdown, but do not reboot. Then install the hard drive on the new motherboard, plug in the display card and turn on the boot. If no surprises, you should be able to start up and enter Windows XP normally. After entering the system, install the driver for the new motherboard chipset.

Typically, when we go back to Windows 2000/XP when we switch to hardware such as a new motherboard, a RAID card, or an IDE card (that is, a major change in the system hardware), it is often necessary to reinstall the Windows system and most applications, but if you have learned this tutorial, You'll find that you don't need it, what a magical event happened.