ASRock H97M Pro4 - Windows Xp?

[AkiroWarrior]

First post so...hello all!!

Please excuse this very basic question but I'm about to order one of these motherboards and a new G3258 (as well as 4GB DDR3 1600 ram) and I am not sure if I'll be able to do what I'd like.

I have a PC that I built a couple of years ago with an AMD processor and 1TB hard drive that is still running Windows XP. If I remove the current motherboard/processor/ram and swap to the H97M/G3258/DDR3 1600 ram will it work properly with my current hard drive that has Win XP??

Thank you very much in advance!

 

[Petrossa]

Short answer, it "MIGHT" run, but probably not.
AMD chipsets and Intel chipsets are very different, so most likely your XP won't boot.
You are better off doing a clean install with a newer OS.

 

[AkiroWarrior]

I really appreciate the reply. That's what I was afraid of. 🙁 I was hoping to just get a little more speed without having to start fresh. Thanks again.

 

[Petrossa]

It's always best to start fresh, particularly when the hardware has changed so drastically.

 

[AkiroWarrior]

Yeah, I will probably just get a new hard drive and go to Win 7 so that I can maximize the gains with this upgrade. Thanks again

 

[Petrossa]

Yeah, I will probably just get a new hard drive and go to Win 7 so that I can maximize the gains with this upgrade. Thanks again

Once you have 7 installed, upgrade to 10, which is even better.