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More info?)
Thanks for the expanded reply.
Could have sworn I moved an XP system hard drive to another computer and
booted successfully with only a few "found new hardware issues".
A colleague said he had read something somewhere telling him how to do what
I ask but like all reference material its hard to remember where it was.
Thanks anyway.
If I find a solution I'll post it.
baz
"Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote in message
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> Use your preferred partition imaging application (I assume you have
> such a product; I can't imagine using a machine for development without
> having a quick way to recover from the occasional mistake.) to clone an
> image of your current installation onto the hard drive of the new
> computer, and then perform a repair installation.
>
> Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations
> and licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard - check yours
> before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical
> (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the
> one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed, you'll
> need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at
> the very least:
>
> How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
>
> The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
> licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this
> point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the
> OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as
> picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch
> style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K
> before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to
> accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On
> installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This
> is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much
> more stable than the Win9x group.
>
> As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
> important data before starting.
>
> This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
> Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more
> than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key,
> you'll most likely be able to activate via the internet without
> problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone
> call.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
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> "Barry G. Sumpter" <barrysum@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:OpGs7UJzEHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've got a developers computer.
>> Which I've been developing on for the last 3 years.
>>
>> So I've got the desktop and heaps of software already setup to my liking.
>>
>> I've just invested in a faster computer with a larger hard drive.
>>
>> I'd like to transfer my current XP Pro setup/configurations to the new
>> computer.
>>
>> I'll use my current developers computer for exchange server or something
>> else later.
>> So I DON'T want to remove the hard drive and use it as a primary in the
>> new computer.
>>
>> Can this be done?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> baz
>>
>
>
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