Quote Originally Posted by blbjtb View Post
So your saying bite the bullet back up what I can and reinstall? /shudders
Technically you can keep an install of Windows through pretty much anything. Practically, if you change the motherboard chipset, you should do a clean install, and if you don't have the technical expertise to make the judgment for yourself then you should do a clean install. And upgrade installs of Windows suck, to varying degrees depending on the versions involved.

Quote Originally Posted by daviddoran View Post
I reinstall windows every 6 months.... always better to have a clean install, windows just craps all over itself and gets broke.
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