RE: Change Board Help - its easy

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Replacing the MB / processor is easy with win2k

OK following steps:
1. First stop anything autorunning when booting
2. On old server insert win2k cd and perform an upgrade from within
win2k
3. Just when it asks for a reboot, reboot, but switch the server off
4. Swap the MB and processor
5. Start the machine and let the upgrade complete, it will redetect all
hardware etc / software but keep ALL existing settings

This method works and is the official recommended way by Micro$oft on
upgrading hardware. I have done this many times and it is fine.

BTW, I am also an MCSE and all that

Aashram, if you want more help, e-mail me off list.

J


aashram wrote:

>I want to upgrade the motherboard and processor and memory on my
>server. It has exchange 2003/win2k Server. I currently have a PIII800
>and want to upgade to AMD but I do not want to really have to reinstall

>everything. Is this possible ? I want to just upgrade and switch on and

>hope that win2k loads loads and installs the drivers to the new
>chipsets/CPU etc
>
>



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