Would this work?!

[YinYang.ERROR]

Alright, I posted before about wanting to upgrade my mobo while keeping my installation of windows xp.

However I came up with an Idea that may work. Could I resize my windows xp partition, make a new partition and reinstall windows xp on that partition, and use my old partition as a back up / storage partition?

Is that logical enough to work? I would have a fresh install of XP, and all my data right there on a partition.


Of course it may be more logical just to get a new hdd, and use my old one as a slave drive, right?

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Easiest thing to do is to reformat...you will run into probs trying to keep xp with new hardware

 

[A Cheese Danish]

Easiest thing to do is to reformat...you will run into probs trying to keep xp with new hardware

+1 You may run into a few problems if you try to switch it over.
Although, theoretically, it should work without a problem.
And yes, it would probably be easier to install a new copy of XP or a new drive.

 

[LittleLizard]

if u do a move, remember to unistall EVERY DRIVER AND EVERY SOFTWARE AND LEAVE WINDOWS BARE

 

[francis511]

Easiest way is to get a new hdd.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

Ok, you could do a system restore partition, save your files with easy files transfer, change over, restore, and restore............
Dunno, with vista i just changed the board and rebooted like 18 times to get the updates for the new stuff and RE-arm..not sure if that works with XP though
oh WAIT IF YOU HAVE THE SYSTEM DISK (OS DISK) CHANGE OVER BOARDS BOOT FROM SYSTEM DISK AND SELECT REPAIR CURRENT OS THAT SHOULD WORK....jUST MAKE SURE IT'S SP3 OR CREATE A SLIPSTREAM