Windows 98 98SE ME Procedure - Change Motherboard and save operating system

WINDOWS 98/98SE/ME PROCEDURES

Most of the same procedures listed in the Win2000 section can be used for Windows 98/98SE/Me. Users report the following procedures work successfully under Windows 98/98SE/Me:

Solution 1; Simply swap motherboards and reboot; Win detects changes:

Do nothing. Just change the motherboard, hardware, and reboot. Windows redetects all changes automatically, and installs the correct drivers. Reboot in Safe Mode to delete old hardware from device manager. Effective only if old and new motherboards use the same chipset, I/O controllers, and there’s little variation in hardware.

User Reports:

“It has been my experience that the deletion of files is unneeded with the improved Plug and Play function of Win98 thru WinMe. You may simply install the Harddrive into the new case and start-up. The system will require several restarts as it sequentially installs first system resources, the PCI, then PCI peripherals and ISA, and finally ISA peripherals. The system will show a mix of drivers on the first couple of cycles but should finish with all appropriate drivers. Although the Windows install disks will have most common chipset drivers, you may need to supply uncommon chipset drivers."

And:

"I switched motherboards from a Celeron system to an AMD Athlon system and the windows did everything itself. I switched the hard drive from one system to the other and windows did the drivers changes automatically. Just 2 to 3 reboots or so to find every change in the mainboard and that was it. Maybe if you have problems, install the CD with the mainboard drivers from the windows system, and that's it!!! Very easy!!!"

And:

“Relying on automatic device detection on the first boot up is a crap shoot. Sometimes it works (quite well, in fact.) Other times it can leave a system dead in the water.”

Solution 2; Delete ENUM key in the registry; Reboot to redetect:

Reports state mixed results when deleting the Enum key (mostly “worked flawlessly”, but a few “unable to boot” (unknown if related to procedure or if user just did it wrong)). Deleting the ENUM key is a procedure middle-ground between a straight motherboard swap and an upgrade reinstall using the Windows Setup CD.

Be sure to create a backup of the registry (or individual keys to be deleted) so the registry can be restored if deleting Enum does not work; (start>run enter scanregw). If you find you’ve made a mistake deleting ENUM you can get it back just like it was by restoring a previous booting copy of the registry. Use the command "scanreg /restore" and use the last previous registry that booted the machine. Enum will be back. If anything goes wrong with modifying the registry, Windows also maintains backups in C:\Windows\SYSBCKUP in the files rbxxx.cab. If disaster strikes, you can always boot into DOS with a floppy and then restore your registry manually by extracting the files from one of these CAB files (using the Extract command located in C:\Windows\Command).

1)          Review and complete Pre-Action Procedures described in the Pre-Action Procedures section above.

2)          Backup any folders, files, and keys to be deleted, and specifically, the following:

Folder: C:\Windows\inf\other

Files: Autoexec.bat; Config.sys; Win.ini

Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ENUM

3)          Optional; (One tech reports) For the extra cautious: Delete all entries in the directory C:\Windows\inf\other

4)          Disable (you can use msconfig) all device specific TSR's and other non-essential programs that load at startup. This includes AntiVirus Software and firewalls. Remember to reenable later.

5)          Boot into Safe Mode.

6)          Optional; (One tech reports) For the extra cautious: Rename autoexec.bat and config.sys

7)          Optional; (One tech reports) For the extra cautious: Clear any entries in the load and run lines of win.ini

8)          Optional; (One tech reports) For the extra cautious: Remove all devices from device manager. When done you'll be left with two entries - the child devices from the hard drive controller (assuming an IDE based system).

9)          Start RegEdit (Start-Run-Regedit), and delete the following registry folder (and all subfolders under it): HKEY LOCAL MACHINE/Enum (Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch in the left pane. Right click on the Enum key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and pick delete). [This may cause the system to stop responding, so do it the last thing before shutdown for hardware change.]

Note: Deleting the ENUM key removes all hardware that windows has detected since it was installed, and when you reboot, it's as if windows has never had any hardware installed. Deleting ENUM is like deleting all Win9x driver information from Device Manager, but in one action; (only “Computer” remains in Device Manager). With the current hardware information deleted, Windows is forced to rebuild the hardware registry data; (the ENUM key is recreated). This does not rebuild the VMM32 file, however.

Note: (Always backup keys and files before deleting).

For WinMe, one report stated that the following key is also deleted: HKEY DYN DATA\Config Manager\Enum

For WinMe, one report stated that the following file is also deleted: HWINFO.DAT

10)      Shut down and make motherboard and hardware changes.

11)      Power up, and go into BIOS setup. Note the BIOS revision to be sure you have the most current version. Make any BIOS adjustments needed. Note ACPI. Save your settings, exit, and shutdown.

Note: If your BIOS isn't current, flash your bios, reboot, recheck your bios settings, and shut down. It’s preferable to flash from the hard drive; floppy disks and floppy drives are more likely to fail or encounter physical errors during a flash sequence. If you must use a floppy, be absolutely certain both the disk and drive are good before you start.

12)      Reboot into Windows. Hardware is not automatically redetected on reboot. When Windows starts, you'll be in 640x480 16 color, and presented with an error message about the display adapter. Cancel and close that and go to "Add New Hardware" and let Windows go to work and redetect everything. Windows detects all the new hardware and installs drivers. Reboot when prompted (this will happen several times) until you no longer get the prompts. If it prompts you to insert the Windows CD, point it to the cab files. If it asks for a manufacturer's driver disk, point it to the appropriate folder. Don't worry if a driver install fails, you can always go back later and reinstall that particular device from scratch. If you have a VIA based board, now is the time to install the "4 in 1" drivers.

Alternate: Many users recommend rebooting every time Windows prompts, but others (experienced) prefer to wait until all devices have been detected, and then before rebooting, open device manager, and delete the NON-SPLATTED entries (that's right, the non-splatted entries) for all duplicates. Common duplicates will be Display Adapters, Keyboards, and DMA controllers. Also delete all Sound Card entries.

13)      Boot into Safe Mode. Check Device Manager for errors and duplicate entries. Correct as needed. (You MUST boot into safe mode and remove the old hardware - or risk odd occurrences on your machine.)

Note: You will probably have some yellow flags. You will probably have 2 items that are flagged with unflagged duplicates - the keyboard and the DMA controller. Remove the entry that is NOT flagged. If you have 2 display adapters, one will be flagged - usually the "standard VGA" will not be flagged and the actual adapter will be flagged. Remove the unflagged standard VGA. By now you should have CD support, so any other devices that are flagged can be reinstalled using the appropriate CD if necessary.

14)      Install optimized drivers as needed. Uninstall any unused drivers.

15)      Shut down. Reboot normally.

Solution 2A; Alternate Delete ENUM key; Reboot using Setup CD:

Alternate Solution 2A: Proceed per Solution 2 steps, except that the system is rebooted using the Windows Setup disk.

Replace step 14 with:

14) Boot the system with the Windows Startup Disk and run the Windows 95/98 Setup (or boot with the system with the Safe Mode Command Prompt Only option and run Setup from the folder you copied the setup file to). Windows redetects hardware. This will replace the hardware tree and avoid duplications and conflicts, but not destroy your software settings. The advantage is that you get the setup engine doing a close inspection of the (new) setup, and loading drivers as needed.

14A) Reboot and run Windows Update. Reapply any needed Windows updates.

14B) Install optimized hardware drivers.

Solution 2B; Alternate Delete ENUM key; Reboot using Setup CD:

Alternate Solution 2B: Proceed per Solution 2 steps, except that the system is booted using the Windows Setup disk, AND additional files are renamed, and additional keys are deleted.

Between steps 10 and 11: (One tech reports); From the file manager, rename the following folders:

\Windows\Inf to \InfOLD

\Windows\System\IOSudSys to \IOSudSysOLD

\Windows\System\VMM32 to \VMM32OLD

As part of step 11: (One tech reports); Delete the following registry keys prior to deleting the ENUM key:

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD (Usually empty)

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class (Usually empty)

Replace step 14 with:

14) Boot the system with the Windows Startup Disk and run the Windows 95/98 Setup (or boot with the system with the Safe Mode Command Prompt Only option and run Setup from the folder you copied the setup file to). Windows redetects hardware. This will replace the hardware tree and avoid duplications and conflicts, but not destroy your software settings. The advantage is that you get the setup engine doing a close inspection of the (new) setup, and loading drivers as needed.

14A) Reboot and run Windows Update. Reapply any needed Windows updates.

14B) Install optimized hardware drivers.

Solution 2C; Alternate Delete ENUM key; If likely to move back and forth between old and new hardware:

Alternate Solution 2C: Proceed per Solution 2 steps, except that the following steps are taken prior to deletion of the ENUM key.

Before you delete the ENUM key, while the hard drive is still running on the old motherboard, do this just in case you want to reinstall the hard drive back on to the old motherboard (if you are moving the drive permanently, this is not needed, just delete the enum key and have at it):

1)          This procedure assumes that your hard drive is still in your OLD computer and operable ..

2)          Click on My Computer; Select VIEW > FOLDER OPTION >VIEW; Enable "SHOW ALL FILES". Close this Windows when done.

3)          Open folder WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP.

4)          On the Explorer bar click VIEW; Select VIEW DETAILS; click on TYPE - this will arrange all files found there by the Type of the file.

5)          Look for RB***.CAB; when found, use SHIFT and select the first = RB000.CAB - and the last = RB005.CAB; Right click on it and DELETE - still holding the shift Button. This will DELETE the files out of the System.

6)          Leave the My Computer Window open and go to START > RUN and type
SCANREGW; Press enter if asked to BACKUP the REGISTRY; Select Y or yes or OK.

7)          Go back to the My Computer window which still is open; there somewhere of your CHOICE, create a NEW FOLDER and Name it OLDMOBO.

8)          Go to the SYSBACKUP folder and find RB000.CAB; right click this file and select COPY; Go over to your newly created OLDMOBO and paste the file in there. RENAME the file to OLDMOBO.CAB

At this point, you are finished and ready to delete ENUM and move the hard drive to the NEW board as a PRIMARY MASTER. If you want to move the drive as a PRIMARY SLAVE or SECONDARY MASTER or SLAVE then all this doesn't need to be done, including deletion of ENUM!

Shut down the computer, then switch the drive to the other computer or switch the motherboard.

Switching from New Motherboard back to Old Motherboard:

Recognize that when switching between different motherboards, that the hardware on the boards is different. Accordingly, the registry of Windows running on different boards isn’t the same. After you have successfully switched motherboards using the above procedure, whenever you want to move the hard drive from the NEW board back to the OLD board, you must RENAME the RB000.CAB created on the NEW BOARD to NEWMOBO.CAB, and copy it to the folder OLDMOBO.

Assume you switched the drive or the board and RIGHT NOW you are using the NEW BOARD but for what ever reason you would like to get the DIRVE BACK to work on the OLD board - so that you don't have to go through all the procedure again, all you need to do is:

1)          Install the hard drive into the OLD computer.

2)          Boot to MS-DOS prompt. (Do not boot into Windows yet).

3)        RENAME the RB000.CAB created on the NEW BOARD to NEWMOBO.CAB, and copy it to the folder OLDMOBO.

4)          Restore the registry by copying the file OLDMOBO.CAB into C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP\OLDMOBO.CAB

5)          Boot into BIOS. Make any BIOS adjustments needed. Save settings.

6)          Boot into Windows.

This will allow you to switch motherboards or hard drives within a few minutes without going through all the installation procedures repeatedly.

Solution 3; Delete all devices in Device Manager; Reboot to redetect:

Since the only thing at issue in a motherboard change is the operating system drivers (mainly the PCI bus, disk controllers, USB, etc...), the easiest thing to do is to just uninstall all of your devices from device manager prior to the last time you shut down your box before the new installation. Deleting the devices in Device Manager usually works, but there are exceptions. If you are changing chipsets or going from non-ACPI to ACPI (or back), one tech reports “just delete HKLM\Enum and be done with it”. Others report “This has been a tried and true method over the years and never failed to work”.

1)          Review and complete Pre-Action Procedures described in the Pre-Action Procedures section above.

2)          Before changing any hardware, boot into Safe Mode. (Right after you boot and hear the beep, hold down the 'F8' on your keyboard. You should get a menu with options. Select 'Safe Mode').

3)          Ignore the message about 'Windows is running in Safe Mode.' Right-click on 'My Computer,' click 'Properties,' then click 'Device Manager' tab.

4)          Starting with 'PnP BIOS' in System Devices, delete ALL entries (one tech says keep “My Computer”), including CD, video, hard drive controllers, hard drives, etc. Save HDD controllers and HDD for later; save your mouse for last (it's difficult navigating Device Manager via the keyboard). If you use a USB mouse or keyboard, do not remove the USB root hub first. Remove all IDE-devices, then move your way down the list and last remove the USB controller and associated items. UNTIL ALL DEVICES ARE DELETED, DO NOT REBOOT IF PROMPTED.

Note: Multiple users report that the IDE/ATA ATAPI Controller devices are the only required deletion (these MUST be deleted). All other devices need not be deleted, especially old hardware items that are continuing in use in the new machine. One tech reports this is “Much easier than deleting the ENUM key, and works every time”. One tech reports that only the PCI Bus needs deletion.

5)          Shut down and make motherboard and hardware changes.

6)          Power up, and go into BIOS setup. Note the BIOS revision to be sure you have the most current version. Make any BIOS adjustments needed. Note ACPI. Save your settings, exit, and shutdown.

Note: If your BIOS isn't current, flash upgrade your bios, reboot, recheck your bios settings, and shut down. It’s preferable to flash from the hard drive; floppy disks and floppy drives are more likely to fail or encounter physical errors during a flash sequence. If you must use a floppy, be absolutely certain both the disk and drive are good before you start.

7)          Reboot into Windows. When Windows restarts, it will not have any devices installed, so it will redetect all hardware and install the drivers. If it doesn't do this automatically, goose it with 'Add New Hardware' wizard in Control Panel. (When Windows starts, you'll be in 640x480 16 color, and presented with an error message about the display adapter. Cancel and close that and go to "add new hardware" and let Windows go to work and redetect everything). Windows detects all the new hardware and installs drivers. Reboot when prompted (this will happen several times) until you no longer get the prompts. If it prompts you to insert the Windows CD, point it to the cab files. If it asks for a manufacturer's driver disk, point it to the appropriate folder. Don't worry if a driver install fails, you can always go back later and reinstall that particular device from scratch. If you have a VIA based board, now is the time to install the "4 in 1" drivers.

Alternate: Many recommend rebooting every time Windows prompts, but others (experienced) prefer to decline all reboot prompts, and instead, waiting until all devices have been detected and all Wizard activity subsides. Then, before rebooting, open device manager, and delete the NON-SPLATTED entries (that's right, the non-splatted entries) for all duplicates. Common duplicates will be Display Adapters, Keyboards, and DMA controllers. Also delete all Sound Card entries.

8)          Boot into Safe Mode. Check Device Manager for errors and duplicate entries. Correct as needed.

Note: You will probably have some yellow flags. You will probably have 2 items that are flagged with unflagged duplicates - the keyboard and the DMA controller. Remove the entry that is NOT flagged. If you have 2 display adapters, one will be flagged - usually the "standard VGA" will not be flagged and the actual adapter will be flagged. Remove the unflagged standard VGA. By now you should have CD-ROM support, so any other devices that are flagged can be reinstalled using the appropriate CD if necessary.

9)          Install optimized drivers as needed. Uninstall any unused drivers.

Note: One user suggests a reinstallation of DirectX.

10)      Shut down. Reboot normally.

Note: If you have problems with drivers (i.e. video or ide bus masters), try starting in Safe Mode and delete the settings in the device manager. This is supposed to be the same as killing the enum key entries but a lot of times WIN98 will ID the wrong drivers and reload them from its configuration record.

For instance the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\MF may have multiple configurations listed. Compare against HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\hdc. CAREFUL examination of which one is the one you want and deleting the ones you don't in the ENUM key will solve the problem of "musical driver" loads. There should be only three entries under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\hdc for standard PCs. 000 is the controller, 001 is the primary and 002 the secondary. When WIN sees a misconfiguration elsewhere it goes back and redetects. Its an improvement over 95 but still dumb.

Take great care and use a registry backup program to be safe. The ENUM key is usually a safe place to edit.

Solution 4-4A-4B; In-place Upgrade to force fresh hardware redetection

(Described in Win2000 section 3)

Solution 4C Alternate procedure for In-place Upgrade:

Alternate Solution 4C: Proceed per Solution 4 steps, except that the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Enum is deleted prior to last shutdown before hardware change.

1)          Review and complete Pre-Action Procedures described in the Pre-Action Procedures section above.

2)          Boot into Safe Mode.

3)          Start RegEdit or other registry editor.

4)          Delete the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Enum (This deletes the current hardware information, causing the hardware registry data to be rebuilt. However, this does not rebuild the VMM32 file. (You MUST boot into safe mode and remove the old hardware - or risk odd occurrences on your machine.)

5)          Shut down and make motherboard and hardware changes.

6)          Power up, and go into BIOS setup. Note the BIOS revision to be sure you have the most current version. Make any BIOS adjustments needed. Note ACPI in BIOS. Keep it enabled if Windows is installed with ACPI or disable it if Windows is installed without it. Save your settings, exit, and shutdown.

Note: If your BIOS isn't current, flash your bios, reboot, recheck your bios settings, and shut down. It’s preferable to flash from the hard drive; floppy disks and floppy drives are more likely to fail or encounter physical errors during a flash sequence. If you must use a floppy, be absolutely certain both the disk and drive are good before you start.

7)          Reboot with a boot disk and run setup from the Windows CD. (Yes, you are still re-running setup, but you install over the existing installation and therefore do not lose any of the registry information other than the hardware information. It is good to run setup rather than just reboot and let windows detect everything because during setup is the only time the VMM32 is built, and you need to rebuild it with the new hardware in place.)

Solution 5; Boot with CD ROM Support; Tools/Sysrec/PCRestore:

1)          Review and complete Pre-Action Procedures described in the Pre-Action Procedures section above.

2)          Change motherboard and hardware.

3)          Power up, and go into BIOS setup. Note the BIOS revision to be sure you have the most current version. Make any BIOS adjustments needed for new hardware. Note ACPI in BIOS. Keep it enabled if Windows is installed with ACPI or disable it if Windows is installed without it. Save your settings, exit, and shutdown.

Note: If your BIOS isn't current, flash your bios, reboot, recheck your bios settings, and shut down. It’s preferable to flash from the hard drive; floppy disks and floppy drives are more likely to fail or encounter physical errors during a flash sequence. If you must use a floppy, be absolutely certain both the disk and drive are good before you start.

4)          Insert Windows CD and power up.

5)          Select "Boot with CD-ROM Support"; Type x:(where x is your CD drive letter).

6)          Select cd tools; cd sysrec ;pcrestore

Solution 5A; Boot with CD ROM Support; Run Setup with Switches:

1)          Boot from a floppy, and copy operating system files to a folder on the hardrive. This prevents getting locked out in case of problems with controllers.

2)          Now, boot from the floppy, with CDROM support.

3)          Change to the directory where you put your OS files. (have any driver disks handy, for later when the OS asks)

4)          Use the Setup command but with the following changes.

setup /ie /iv /im /is /IF /Pf

This will pseudo reinstall windows...very quickly and usually without BSOD or lockups, and it will freshen the registry with the newly detected devices. It will also skip scandisk, diskspace detection, billboards, memory checks (as you know you have enough memory), etc.... It will also not copy files that already exist, or are newer than the OS wants to install (uses "cachefindfirst"), and speeds up the installation. You can leave the /IF off if you want...it also turns off the verify after write during the install.

Solution 6; Create a new Hardware Profile; Reboot to redetect:

(This is a non-destructive alternative to deleting the enum registry key or deleting devices in device manager).

A hardware profile consists of specified changes to the original hardware profile configured in the SOFTWARE and SYSTEM keys of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. These changes are stored in the Hardware Profiles subkey in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The Hardware Profiles subkey in the IDConfigDB subkey stores information about the profile, but not the profile itself. You can use System in Control Panel to create a hardware profile. Also, the system creates new hardware profiles automatically when it encounters configurations that require new profiles. You can create a profile before you make extensive changes to your system. That way, if the system doesn’t work correctly after the changes, you can restore the hardware setup to the way it was, and then start Windows using the profile for the original configuration.

1)          Review and complete Pre-Action Procedures described in the Pre-Action Procedures section above.

2)          Before changing any hardware, boot up the existing (old) system. Open Control Panel / System / Hardware Profiles. If profiles are unchanged since OS installation, there will be one profile named “Original Configuration”. This is the current hardware profile.

3)          Identify the current profile and rename it to something representing the existing hardware configuration; e.g. “OldMobo-1” (original). The “1” designation identifies this file as the original and distinguishes it from the copy to be created next.

4)          Copy the existing current profile to create a duplicate profile; e.g. “OldMobo-2” (copy). At this point you should have two identical profiles, “1” and “2”; (close and reopen the profiles window to be sure they are saved).

Note: The duplicate is created to trigger a system prompt on reboot which is needed to get the required hardware redetection. The only time Windows prompts you for the name of a hardware profile is when two profiles are so similar that it cannot differentiate between them.

5)          Optional; For the extra-cautious only: Go into C:\windows\inf and delete drvdata.bin and drvidx.bin. (backup before deletion)

6)          Optional; For the extra-cautious only: While in C:\windows\inf, delete any *.inf files you KNOW you no longer need. (backup before deletion)

7)          Optional; For the extra-cautious only: In C:\windows\inf\other, delete any *.inf files you KNOW you no longer need. (backup before deletion)

8)          Don’t make any hardware or driver changes until you reboot; you are running the ‘OldMobo-1’ profile at this time and you don’t want new changes written to that profile.

9)          Shut down the PC, remove power, and do the motherboard swap.

10)      Power up, and go into BIOS setup. Note the BIOS revision to be sure you have the most current version. Make any BIOS adjustments needed for new hardware. Note ACPI in BIOS. Keep it enabled if Windows is installed with ACPI or disable it if Windows is installed without it. Save your settings, exit, and shutdown.

Note: If your BIOS isn't current, flash upgrade your bios, reboot, recheck your bios settings, and shut down. It’s preferable to flash from the hard drive; floppy disks and floppy drives are more likely to fail or encounter physical errors during a flash sequence. If you must use a floppy, be absolutely certain both the disk and drive are good before you start.

11)      Continue boot into Windows. As Windows starts, you should be asked which profile you wish to use. Do not select either of the ”OldMobo-1” or “OldMobo-2” profiles, instead, select 'None of the Above'.

12)      With “None of the Above” selected, Windows boots up as if it’s the first time, and redetects all the hardware (new and old still in use). You should only need driver disks for any new hardware as existing hardware drivers will be on your hard drive. If Windows needs the Win CD or newer drivers, simply point the install at the directory where you copied Windows or drivers.

Note: It may be a misunderstanding, but two reports state that through this process of selecting “None of the Above”, Windows is actually updating or “redoing” the original (“OldMobo-1”) profile, not creating a third or new profile. If this is correct, to boot with the new settings, then, select the “OldMobo-1” profile. Also, do not delete the “OldMobo-1” profile thinking it is for the old motherboard. This advice is proved invalid if a third or new profile appears.

13)      Note the name given to the newly created profile; “Original Configuration” (DON’T DELETE THIS). You can rename it to more clearly represent the new hardware (e.g. “NewMobo-1”). Use this profile when booting on the new hardware configuration.

14)      Optional: As a backup for possible future use, some users recommended creating a copy of the new profile “NewMobo-1”; e.g. “NewMobo-2” (copy). Set the computer to always boot from “NewMobo-1” so the profile menu is not displayed at startup.

The great thing about this procedure is that it’s fast, and if everything goes wrong, you can put the old board back, select the 'OldMobo-1' (original) or ‘OldMobo-2’ (copy) profile, and be back with a booting system. Once you have the new system properly installed, if you won’t ever boot on the old system again, you can delete the 'old' profiles (OldMobo-1 and OldMobo-2). Deleting unneeded profiles cleans up the registry.

To manually create a new hardware profile:

1)          From the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2)          Double-click System.

3)          On the Hardware tab, click Hardware Profiles.

4)          Under Available hardware profiles, click a profile, and then click Copy.

5)          In the Copy Profile dialog box, enter a name for the new profile.

To manually configure a hardware profile:

1)          From the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2)          Double-click System.

3)          On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
Double-click the device you want to add or remove from the hardware profile, and then under Device usage select the setting you want.