I want to use Hiren's boot CD mini-xp to install the drivers for a new mobo that uses the original CPU and memory. The old board was an Asus M4A79T Deluxe that died... I ordered an Asus M5A97 LE R2.0.

In most cases, you can install the drivers for the new board while still on the old board. The main drivers to get are the Chipset (IDE/SATA/USB), Video (if changing cards), Sound, Network and BIOS.

AMD has one of the most powerful chipsets and it comes with the PCs we buy. To run them, AMD has its own drivers. Without them, you cannot use your PC and make it ...