Awesome, as a matter of fact, this is what happened to me as well. I put in
the new motherboard and other components, then I booted from the DVD. I
tried to do a startup repair, but it just gave me some kind of message about
if I have changed hardware recently to reboot again or something, and then
Vista booted up perfectly fine. I am on it right now, installing all the
drivers.
~Kyle
"Kurt Herman" wrote:
> I did a MB swap, and when I rebooted, Vista just automatically installed all
> the drivers needed for the new hardware (automatically detected). Didn't
> have to do a re-install at all. I did have to call for re-activation, but I
> expected to do that.
>
> Kurt
>
> "PaulB" <> wrote in message
> news:B7AA3B93-30F5-472F-9D8E-...
> > You will find that the VISTA repair option is for startup problems and is
> > not
> > equivalent to XP's repair install. If you replace the things you say you
> > will
> > have to do an Upgade install with VISTA ( upgrading to itself) this is as
> > close as it gets to XP's repair install. You will , of course have to
> > reactivate and most likely with the phone option. Also if the VISTA you
> > have
> > is OEM, it will not be allowed to move to another different mother board
> > (most likely),
> > --
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > "Kyle Naeve" wrote:
> >
> >> Great info! Thanks a lot for your help!
> >>
> >> "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Kyle Naeve wrote:
> >> > > I have Windows Vista Home Premium on my machine, and I am replacing
> >> > > the
> >> > > motherboard, RAM, and the video card with new upgraded components. I
> >> > > know
> >> > > that with Windows XP you had to do a repair installation when you did
> >> > > this.
> >> > > Is this the same with Windows Vista? Can I just change the hardware
> >> > > without
> >> > > doing the repair install, and Vista will be able to handle it?
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks!
> >> > > ~Kyle
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > It's been made a little easier in Vista:
> >> >
> >> > Startup Repair: frequently asked questions
> >> > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f3f351033.mspx
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> > Bruce Chambers
> >> >
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> >> >
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> >> >
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> >> >
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