If you own two legit copies, there is no reason for you to do this anyway. I do not condone the use of these as nothing beats the real serial number though. There may be a program out there that will get it for you, if not, there are plenty of serial generators and/or cracks if necessary. It probably takes the form of a UID or something silly because they don't like anyone having access to another user's serial # I guess. I think Microsoft encrypts it now, or at least muddles it up so it isn't your exact serial number anymore. If it does not work or you have serious problems that this cannot fix, it is imperative that you reinstall Windows XP completely.Īs for the serial number, it is not kept locally in your system registry or anywhere I'm aware of. You'll probably need to reboot for all of the settings to take effect. Hopefully, it will finish without problems. It will take some time because Windows XP will be reenumerating your devices and installing drivers accordingly for all PnP devices on your system. It should boot into Windows XP and take a really, really long time. Now restart your system and remove the CD. Once you are in the recovery console, type the following.ĭel C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386\drivers.cab
Choose repair and select the "Recovery Console". At one point, you'll be prompted if you want to Install Windows XP or repair a current Windows installation. To do this though, you will have to boot from the Windows XP CD because you cannot do this in Windows.īoot into the CD and let it load the pre-installation blue screen stuff. Most of the issues you'll encounter can be resolved by deleting drivers.cab in your C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386 folder after installing your new board. If it does not however, here's a possible solution. When you start your computer for the first time, it may start on its own. If it is same board as before you won't encounter any major problems, but depending on how different it is, you could run into some serious issues.įirst - install your new board. The new motherboard will undoubtedly have new doodads and features.
Although it is extremely recommended you format and install a fresh copy of XP, you just may be able to use your old hard disk.
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