Read the following:

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"badmotorvision" wrote:

| Hi, Currently I am running XP MCE2005 sp2. on
| 3.0 ghz Socket 775
| (2) gig ddr2 ram
| Gigabyte MB
| ATI 800XT AIW (AGP)
| (2) SATA HDD's
|
| I am upgrading everything minus the HDD's
| So I am swapping the current gear with
| AMD X2 4400+
| ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
| NVIDIA 6600GT
| (2) gig ddr corsair XMS ram
|
| So if I put my hdd's in this new setup will windows boot and detect the
| new hardware
| and run me through the activation process or will I have to re-install
| windows xp?