You are right, that seems a bit of overkill.  Many times it is better just
to reinstall from scratch and not bother "duplicating" the old machine,
escpecially when upgrading to Vista.  It would be better to take a new look
at things when you upgrade and use that to streamline your application
usage.

...Glenn

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:22 PM, abhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Fellow ZDNet blogger Jason Perlow helped a friend and colleague buy a
> new PC and migrate her data and settings from the old machine (Windows
> XP) to the new one (Windows Vista). He documents the process in The
> New Adventures of Christine's Old PC.
>
> I tip my hat to Jason for his dedication to a friend, but as someone
> who has been doing this for years, I shook my head at the way he
> turned what should be a straightforward procedure into a weekend-long
> geekfest, complete with the transformation of the old, slow, obsolete,
> spyware-ridden computer into a virtual machine on the new one. In my
> opinion, that's overkill for everyone involved.
>
>
> http://www.microsoftblog.info/
>

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