From: Mike N. 

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:38:03 -0800, Randall Parker
 wrote:

>Am I better off swapping
>the motherboard while still running NT or is there a greater chance of success
if I
>swap motherboard after I upgrade to Win2k?

  From simulating recovery scenarios and actual practice, NT is much easier
than Win2k  when swapping Mobos as long as the new configuration is
'compatible' (similar or same video card and same disk controller, and same
single/dual processor configuration).  We have upgraded a particular NT
server about 4 times in place just by dropping in  a new Mobo.   No
hardware autodetect sequence, just reprogram the network card, load all the
IP aliases, and go.  Perhaps some fine tuning of the swap file for extra
RAM.

  Win2k is much more specific, requiring a complete hardware autodetect
even when swapping to an identical Mobo.

   Geo's idea of dropping in the new Mobo and upgrading sounds like the
best approach.  Just make sure your data is backed up; I haven't done that before!

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