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Hi all

I am going to reformat HDD, i know how to set the CD-ROM as 1st boot etc etc

However, i have a MOBO disc that came with the comp. Do i need to re-install the MOBO drivers again?

I am at the moment backing everything up for the format in NTFS

Any tips here?

thanks

madboy33

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Guest Nellie2

I didn't..............but perhaps I should have!!!! :huh: Because I had flashed my bios I assumed all the info that was needed was stored in the ROM.......... I dunno Madboy.

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Guest ellas

no madboy as xp will put its own there,before you do it d/load the latest nforce drivers and detonators and burn the exes to a cd,then copy them to the h/drive affer your install and run them.if you run the mobo disc you will just have to update them anyway so dont bother unless it asks for it.

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Format the hard drive, install XP as you say, by setting the CDROM to be the first boot device and that should be it.

If it can't find a driver for something it will ask, its nice like that.

If you have broadband then get your connection working first and then just go to the windows update site and get any driver updates it suggests you need. Rebuilding a PC has never been so easy :D

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I think its a 2000xp athlon Sir Radfordin,2 days is quick for madboy :D ,at least we will have a load of problem solving posts because knowing madboy it will all go to pot :lol:

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Guest Nellie2

Here is mine madboy........ isn't that right then?? Oh, I have just noticed, the processor info is the spider thing just under ports!!! :D

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Madboy

Mine is the same, uniprocessor, this is because you have one processor (CPU) in your system.

If you check futher down the list, you will find processor as another option. There you will find your CPU name!

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found it

Huh!!!! So did I and I put a picture of my spider up and everything, but no one says 'thanks Nellie!!!' Oh no........grumble grumble grumble.

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