MatthewHSE - 4:04 pm on Aug 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

My brother's computer is seriously outdated for the work he's doing and I wanted to upgrade some parts. So I bought a new motherboard, new processor (quad-core!) and the fastest RAM the new motherboard will handle. Also a new 256MB video card to replace his old 32MB card.

The trouble is, I just did a clean install of Windows XP for him a few months ago and it's running really stably. I hate to mess with success, and therefore I was hoping I could just plug the old hard drives (a RAID 1 system with two SATA drives) right into the new motherboard and have it all work.

Can this be done, or am I asking for trouble? The biggest potential problem I see is that I had to install RAID drivers during the previous OS install, and the new motherboard will have its own drivers, which I figure may cause a problem. Is that the only thing to think about, or are there other pitfalls?

Any and all advice will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Matthew