I read that its possible to install a new motherboard in a computer with Win 2000 and XP without reinstalling Windows. Is that possible with Windows ME? If not, what would happen if I upgraded to XP, switched motherboards, then uninstalled XP? Thanks

Many of the newer chipsets do not support DOS-based Windows versions such as ME. 2000 is NT-based, just like XP is. If your new board is listed as only being compatible with 2000/XP/Vista, then the only way you'd be able to run ME on it is with alternative drivers (if they even exist). Otherwise, you'll have very slow hard disk, video, network, and I/O performance, if it even works at all. Pentium III--Descendant of Intel Core. Pentium III-S 1400 @ 1.63GHz, 512K L2 X800XT AIW OC 580/600 2GB of RAM 250GB HD SB Audigy 2 QDI Advance 12 mobo Smugly running Vista

It's XP that'll pout if you put in a different motherboard. It's usually not much of a problem with 9X or ME--assuming you can get the chipset drivers as Jackbomb alluded to. When you first boot up with the new motherboard the OS will start installing drivers as it will see everything as new hardware. At some point in that process it'll ask you to insert the system CD. Unfortunately it usually hasn't installed the IDE drivers necessary to see the cdrom. So the best idea is to copy all the cab files from the cdrom to a folder on the hard drive before installing the new motherboard. On the rebuilt ME disk I use, the cab folder on the cd is WIN9X. So if your disk is the same you'd just copy everything from it into a similarly named folder on the hard drive. Then when ME asks you to insert the disk hit OK or NEXT or whatever takes it to the next box. It'll say it can't find what it needs and ask where else to look. Direct it to the folder you created with the cab files and it should find what it needs.

Thank you for the responses. I'm glad to hear that about Win ME.