[ntlgnce]

I have a a6120n OC with a p5lp-le leonite 2 mobo, the mobo is bad, it stopped recognizing the Hard drive. (been through the tests, see my other post for full details.

I want to know if I swap the mobo with a leonite 1 mobo will my vista home premium still boot?

Leonite 1
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...46&lc=en&cc=us

Leonite 2
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...446783&lang=en.
there are only a few differences in the two mobo's.

[leroys1000]

It seems to be using all the same hardware,so,unless you are adding
different video or addin cards than you had before,it should boot up.

Are you sure the drive is good?

[ntlgnce]

fairly sure. I mean its recognized when I hook it up to my XP computer. I can see all the files and such.

(if the drive is bad,and I get a different hard drive, can I just copy and paist the files to the new hard drive? and have it boot? Or is there a program that could do it for me? (the only way I can hook it to my XP computer is through the external hard drive that has a SATA connector to USB inside it, (removed the external from the case thing, and put the other sata inside it then booted the XP pc.

[Noyb]

Originally Posted by ntlgnce

can I just copy and paist the files to the new hard drive?

Copy > Paste will not work .. It has to be cloned or recovered from an Image.

Originally Posted by ntlgnce

I want to know if I swap the mobo with a leonite 1 mobo will my vista home premium still boot?

HP Tattoos their Mobo and the OS is Married to the Mobo.
I really doubt that it will work with any other Mobo .. And even the exact replacement from HP has to be tattooed.
You'll probably have to buy a new operating system.

[ntlgnce]

So a reformat wont work if I get the same board? (even if its the same MOBO), What type of errors do you think I would get?

[Noyb]

You won't be able to activate it .. and updated it.
It will show as an illegal system.