back up to an external media first.
After reading the post below (chipset) I'm planning about the same. I have a two year old Compaq 5102US:
1 Gig AMD Anthlon
40 Gig HD with XP Home
20 Gig slave HD
DVD-ROM
CR-RW
various other add-ons
I have purchased:
Shuttle AN35N Ultra v1.1 system board with nVidia nForce2 400 Ultra w/5.1 channel Audio, 6 USB 2 ports, 2 monitor ports, on-board NIC, all the other ports
AMD Anthlon 2400 processor - 2 GHz
Arcade FX 64 Mb video card
Tower case with 6 fans, (4 front, 1 side, 1 rear), 350 Watt power supply.
512 Meg RAM (expandable to 3 Gig)
I plan to move everything to the new case.
Would I be better served if I just formatted the HD and reinstalled XP Home? Call MS if needed and get my new numbers?

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