Solve : motherboard replacement question?

1.	Solve : motherboard replacement question?
Answer» A Lightning STORM killed my motherboard and I was wondering when I replace it(motherboard) will I have to reinstall windows or will it reconize it and BOOT up? I have alot of stuff I didnt wanna lose. The surge protector didnt help out much. Thanks, Jamescobberhead ...... If only the MOBO was TOASTED , and you replace it with EXACTLY the same as is (was) installed , then you should just be able to put it in , reconnect all the periphials ....and everything should be good. Just to be on the safe side, I would be slaving the hd on another machine and make copies of whatever you dont want to lose....... It might be a good idea to test the ram as well, just to be sure it wasn't affected by the storm. dl65

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