"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> I'm in complete agreement with Anna about this. Why not try and boot
> first? If it works, you've saved time and if it doesn't, you won't
> irrevocably break anything.
>
> Yes, chances are excellent that you *will* have to do a Repair Install.
> I can't tell you how many installations of XP I've done since it came
> out 4+ years ago, but I can tell you that of the very many, only one
> m/b change required *nothing* - much to my amazement. In that case I
> went from an older MSI/AMD to a newer MSI/AMD. I've never had that
> experience again and have always had to do Repair Installs. In rare
> instances - for ex. when going from an AMD processor to an Intel
> processor - the Repair Install didn't work and a Clean Install was
> necessary. But in either case, it isn't any big deal. Just be patient,
> have your drivers, programs, and backup at hand and take frequent
> breaks and deep cleansing breaths.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Malke, thanks for the advice. That's what I'll do, try it first without the
Repair install. Yes, right about the "deep cleansing breaths." :-)

I appreciate very much the time everyone has taken to help me in this.

O.G.