"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

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