I plan to port my current hard drive with Windows XP Pro OS on it into my new computer.
I have read that when you install a new motherboard, you must reinstall your OS.
Would this be the same as "installing over" my OS without changing motherboards? For example, any time I reinstalled over my XP Pro OS on my hard drive in my current computer, after having reinstalled XP Pro it would 100% retain my registry, programs, files etc. etc. as they were before the reinstall started. In other words, I didn't lose any data whatsoever.
Or will it be equivalent to formatting my drive if I reinstall the OS with a new motherboard?
If it is the first situation and my data is retained, then would that change if I install a different revision of XP Pro than what I had originally installed onto the hard drive?
I have read that when you install a new motherboard, you must reinstall your OS.
Would this be the same as "installing over" my OS without changing motherboards? For example, any time I reinstalled over my XP Pro OS on my hard drive in my current computer, after having reinstalled XP Pro it would 100% retain my registry, programs, files etc. etc. as they were before the reinstall started. In other words, I didn't lose any data whatsoever.
Or will it be equivalent to formatting my drive if I reinstall the OS with a new motherboard?
If it is the first situation and my data is retained, then would that change if I install a different revision of XP Pro than what I had originally installed onto the hard drive?