At 03:11 PM 12/12/03 +0000, K4SB wrote:
If Pete is speaking of different O/Ss, I would agree 100%. However, if
the 2 O/Ss are the same, say Win98SE, there should be absolutely no
problems. 1 exception, if the other MB had specialized drivers ( such
as a built in sound card ) which came with the machine,these should be
removed before transfering the HD.
The excruciating experience in question involved an attempt to transfer my
Win98SE setup complete from a 200 MHz Pentium MMX on a Baby AT motherboard
to a 1700+ Athlon. Because the motherboards were so different, I had a TON
of BIOS and registry problems, which took me almost a month to get
fixed. Anything that is different in the hardware configuration between
the two boards will cause problems, that can be maddeningly hard to
find. but simply using the same OS is NO guarantee of a smooth transition.
Another thought. REGCLEAN.exe is a Microsoft utility available from
their WEB site, which even if you directly transferred the HD with old
MB utilities on it. It automatically ( shudder ) fixes errors in the
regristry.
The problem wasn't errors or orphan entries; the registry entries were
right for the old motherboard, not for the new one. This issue has been
intensively covered on sites like www.annoyances.org. There are
work-arounds, but they are all hairy.
73, Pete N4ZR
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