Hi All -

I have a nice new shiney board, processor and ram on the way and was wondering if it would be possible to replace the board on my PC without doing a re-format/re-install of windows. Last time I tried it (1999) it did not go very well and I ended up having to re-install anyway.

I'm running winXP pro - I know I'll have to activate it again but that isn't a problem.

My thought was to boot into safe mode and remove all of the devices, then install the new stuff - on re-boot windows would (hopefully) notice the hardware and life would be good.