This isnt exactly true either. In general as with all retail activated products (which OEM is in genral)
if you wait around 6 months or sometimes a lot less it will activate on another pc. providing that the machine is of similar type. I.e. if you obtained Windows XP with a dell machine, it will in general activate on another dell PC As will OEM Office editions. That doesnt make it legal if its a completly new machine, but it does mean that if you stick to say dell as a brand you could stick the hard disk in another dell machine and it will more than probably activate. --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave AA6YQ" <aa...@...> wrote: > > re "Fast, effective, easy data and O/S moves is a bane for computer techs. > Are there alternatives someone can offer?. " > > Yes. I use StorageCraft's ShadowProctect for backup and recovery. Like > Norton Ghost, this creates disk images -- but with the ability to perform > hardware-independent recoveries, meaning that you can restore a saved drive > image from PC #1 onto PC #2 where PC #1 and PC #2 are not identical. > Usually, I'm restoring to the same PC that created the image, but on the > several occasions where I've restored an image to different hardware, its > worked flawlessly. PC Labs extensively tested this capability and was quite > impressed. > > You can dramatically reduce the time required to recover from hard drive > crash by using StorageCraft or Ghost to create a disk image after you first > loaded your PC with Windows and your applications. Assuming that you > frequently backup your data (logs, scripts, code, whatever), then recovering > from a hard drive crash entails > > -- wiping the hard drive > -- restoring the image > -- applying any application updates since the image was created > -- restoring the most recent data backup(s) > > StorageCraft and Ghost can both be configured to make a weekly "full backup" > and a daily "incremental" backup to an external hard-drive or to a > network-accessible drive. This reduces recovery to a single automated > operation that takes about an hour for my XP systems. > > After years of using Ghost (and hating its terrible UI and many defects), I > switched to StorageCraft after seeing some very positive reviews -- and have > been quite happy with it. > > I have no relationship with any of the companies mentioned above, but do > have lots of friends in the mass storage business... > > 73, > > Dave, AA6YQ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com]on > Behalf Of frankk2ncc > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:34 PM > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Zapped PCs, data recovery, and Windows ! > > > Andy, > > I often need to get the data off of a dead computer and move it to the new > one. The best way to do in my experience is simply to attach the old drive > as a slave to the new one and start draggin' and droppin'. > > Once the old HDD detects in your new PC, go to the appropriate folders. > You'll probably want at least My Documents, Desktop, Favorites, email files, > and odd-n-ends laying around, like saved games. > > Using programs to backup and restore (i.e. Files & Settings Transfer > Wizard), or swapping old Windows HDD onto new PC, simply doesn't work as > well. > > You can't move Windows over, as Microsoft deems that the license goes with > the machine ('specially OEM like Dell, etc.) And most programs have to be > installed and can't be moved. Too many files and registry entries to do so > safely. And honestly, if it's been a while since you've re-installed Windows > on the old PC, you're better off with a fresh one. > > Fast, effective, easy data and O/S moves is a bane for computer techs. Are > there alternatives someone can offer?. (Something they've tried themselves, > no CNET reviews or GOOGLE search results please!) > > Since this isn't a computer help forum, I'm wondering if we should take this > elsewhere? > > f, k2ncc >
