The way did it back when I worked at a computer shop was; change the xp atapi controllers to standard dual channel ide controller ( I just do it for all of them - some computers have more than 1) then clone set new pc bios' ide/sata controllers into legacy mode before trying to boot almost always boots or at least allows safe mode uninstall drivers, then install drivers if the above didn't boot, then did an xp repair install I got the info from http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/07/09/move-windows-xp-hard-drive-or-change-motherboard-without-getting-blue-screen-of-death/
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Restore an XP Image to dissimilar hardware 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 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
