change motherboard, keep old installation of vista? "james" <nospam[ at ]nospam.com> 11/28/2008 3:39:49 PM After installing vista on a 3 year old PC, I found that I need a newer video card to fully support aero and some other apps. Apparently the build-in driver for the old video card is missing some features. The computer uses AGP video card. I hate to put more money into this obsolete technology. Now I'm thinking just replacing the motherboard with a newer one that uses pci-e video card and even on-board video. I can keep the processor (core 2 duo E4300). This would cost me $100 or so but that's not the most of my worry. If I do this, would I be able to boot up the current installation of windows vista (a lot of the hardware would be different)? Or would I have to re-install windows vista (and consequently all the other apps)?

Re: change motherboard, keep old installation of vista? "DL" <address[ at ]invalid> 11/28/2008 4:33:23 PM http://vistasupport.mvps.org/repair_a_vista_installation_using_the_upgrade_option_of_the_vista_dvd.htm http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html "james" <nospam[ at ]nospam.com> wrote in message news:uMlbN%23WUJHA.592[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > After installing vista on a 3 year old PC, I found that I need a newer > video card to fully support aero and some other apps. Apparently the > build-in driver for the old video card is missing some features. > > The computer uses AGP video card. I hate to put more money into this > obsolete technology. > > Now I'm thinking just replacing the motherboard with a newer one that uses > pci-e video card and even on-board video. I can keep the processor (core 2 > duo E4300). This would cost me $100 or so but that's not the most of my > worry. > > If I do this, would I be able to boot up the current installation of > windows vista (a lot of the hardware would be different)? Or would I have > to re-install windows vista (and consequently all the other apps)?