On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:06:55 +0100, "tony h" <me@home.com>
wrote:

>no problem just shoving a new mobo in, done it lots of times, works every
>time! given the choice, and the time, i would always prefer to do a fresh
>install though, as this allows you to clean out all of the crap that you
>have accumilated over the months/years since last clean install, allowong
>the new/improved pc to run to the best of it's ability.

True, but you could do that even without a different board,
and the flip-side is you have to still ADD the things the
installation lacked, so that's pretty much a wash and takes
longer.


>one thing i have learnt is that often pnp kicks in before cd/dvd drives (new
>ide drivers required?!) to save lots of bothe copy the installation cd
>(\drivers, or full cd if you want to use manufacturers install routine) to a
>folder on the hdd, then all required drivers are there and accessable.
>first job for me is to ALWAYS install a/v and firewall, then install
>firefox and delete any shortcuts to ie, then put on, then run crapcleaner,
>shocking how much there is and nothings happened yet!
>

Yes, it's very good use of HDD space to put the OS CD
contents on it.