I currently have a relatively cheap emachines (aren't they all ^_^) the model number is t3092. Everything on it is stock with the exeption of 2 gigs of ram i added and a graphics card i added. (ati radeon x1650) so i could play left4dead on it (just barely lol)
Also i replaced the stock hard drive with an ide 250gig western digital hard drive
the computer i plan on building will have these specs:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066&Tpk=antec%20illusion&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335&cm_re=dvd_burner_internal-_-27-106-335-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136496&cm_re=1_tb_hard_drive-_-22-136-496-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817226006&cm_re=700w_power_supply-_-17-226-006-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211409&cm_re=2GB_ddr3-_-20-211-409-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&Tpk=Phenom%20II%20x4%20955%20black%20edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130562
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198& nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
I want my exact copy of xp on my t3092 emachines to be put on my future computer (surprisingly the xp on the emachines runs smooth and has a relatively decent fully boot up time compared to even my dell 1525 laptop which has 2 gigs and xp. (actually loads up faster, but that's another story).
I've checked various sites, and I know some programs that i could use (acronis/norton ghost) though i believe norton costs money and i'd prefer a free program.
The one part i don't understand is if i should copy the ghost of the xp from my emachines to an external hard drive THEN from there to my future hard drive
or use my future hard drive as an external hard drive itself (i have a docking station that could be used for this purpose) and go from there.
so if anyone can explain to me the easiest way to get my xp on my emachines t3092 desktop to the hard drive on my future desktop, I would greatly appreciate it.
(i'll actually have the new hard drive partitioned so that half (will be for xp and the other half windows 7)
Thank you all in advanced.
Edit: i'm currently reading the sticky about repair reinstall windows xp as well cause i believe i'll need to do that too
Also i replaced the stock hard drive with an ide 250gig western digital hard drive
the computer i plan on building will have these specs:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066&Tpk=antec%20illusion&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335&cm_re=dvd_burner_internal-_-27-106-335-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136496&cm_re=1_tb_hard_drive-_-22-136-496-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817226006&cm_re=700w_power_supply-_-17-226-006-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211409&cm_re=2GB_ddr3-_-20-211-409-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&Tpk=Phenom%20II%20x4%20955%20black%20edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130562
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198& nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
I want my exact copy of xp on my t3092 emachines to be put on my future computer (surprisingly the xp on the emachines runs smooth and has a relatively decent fully boot up time compared to even my dell 1525 laptop which has 2 gigs and xp. (actually loads up faster, but that's another story).
I've checked various sites, and I know some programs that i could use (acronis/norton ghost) though i believe norton costs money and i'd prefer a free program.
The one part i don't understand is if i should copy the ghost of the xp from my emachines to an external hard drive THEN from there to my future hard drive
or use my future hard drive as an external hard drive itself (i have a docking station that could be used for this purpose) and go from there.
so if anyone can explain to me the easiest way to get my xp on my emachines t3092 desktop to the hard drive on my future desktop, I would greatly appreciate it.
(i'll actually have the new hard drive partitioned so that half (will be for xp and the other half windows 7)
Thank you all in advanced.
Edit: i'm currently reading the sticky about repair reinstall windows xp as well cause i believe i'll need to do that too