From: Steven Elling <ellings@kcnet.com> Subject: Re: Never ceases to amaze Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:29:39 -0500 Message-Id: <200304081628.38336.ellings@kcnet.com>
On Tuesday 08 April 2003 11:34, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> I've been thinking of throwing the AMD 900 motherboard that's down in the
> basement in there, but I don't have any idea what make or model the
> motherboard is, I have no specs and no drivers for it. If I swap
> motherboards on a "live" W98 installation, it's going to have fits about
> the drivers, and it's unlikely I'd ever get it running right even if I
> did a clean installation.
Here's a trick I learned that has always worked well for me. Boot with a
Linux CD, wipe the drive and install Linux ;-)
Run regedit. Find the ENUM tree
(`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum' I think) and delete it.
Then replace your motherboard and boot. Windows 95/98 will act as if it
were just installed and detect everything in your system then install the
drivers.
If your a little afraid to try this on your system, mirror your drive to
another and try it with that drive.