Agree, you never know, think the worst, happy if better. Good to have=20 the other motherboard handy, can quickly plug in and maybe make some=20 changes. I have plugged in another motherboard just setting on the=20 bench, got it up and running a little before actually installing it. One other thing the Linux utlity CLONEZILLA does work with windows and=20 other OS to move/copy an OS including Windows to otherHDD's. Fairly=20 straight forward, just choose the defaults as a start. Download, burn a=20 Cd or bootable USB/SD drive, and boot it. On 1/30/13 11:39 AM, Bob Blick wrote: > Hi Luis, > > I tried that once on a computer running Windows XP and it wouldn't boot > because the chipset was different and whatever kernel or chipset drivers > Windows was using were not compatible. I messed around with it for a > while and put in the Windows CD and asked it to "repair" the > installation. That made it work. > > So beyond the licensing issue you may have this type of thing to deal > with. > > Best regards, > > Bob > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .