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RevMortis
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Re: Replacing motherboard - need to reinstall OS and Drivers?

Here's a trick:
1) Go to Hardware profile manangement. (in W2k it's - Right click My computer/properties/hardware/hardware profiles Similar location for XP.)

2) clone the current profile call it "clone-XFX".

3) Rename the original profile to "original-XFX"

4) Reboot. (cold boot).

5) Windows will prompt you to "select a hardware profile or create a new one." The latter will prompt you for necessary drivers and use the generic where possible. Similar to a new install.
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