My first guess would be to restore to the HP, then see if the HP will boot into "Safe Mode". If so, have video and NIC drivers handy to install to it. -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org
"Sam Cayze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/15/2008 10:19:48 AM: > I have a DR test coming soon, and our DR center just swapped on the > old Dell OptiPlex GX280's to new Dual Core HP PCs. > > I already have an very custom ghost image of the Dell OptiPlex GX280 > that would like to deploy onto their new HPs, if possible. (I have > limited time in their DR center, I don't want to spend it making > another image - and I don't have time to go buy a HP unit). > > I'm pretty familiar with restoring to dissimilar hardware/bare metal > restores when it comes to servers, but not so much on XP/Desktops. > > Is there a way I can inject some drivers into the image? Like I > said, I don't have an HP at my site, but I do have an OptiPlex GX280 > > Or perhaps I could install a base XP on the HP when I am onsite, and > then use BackupExec to restore the XP image on top of that, (And not > overwrite the hardware profile). > > > > Ideas? I little OT, but the list seems pretty quite lately :) > > Thanks, > > Sam > > (Sorry, resending. I originally sent this when the list was down). > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
