Hi All Problems with Ghosting XP are to do with either the machine you will eventually put the new hard disk into or the OS System supplied with the original OS. I believe the same applies with Window 2000k but can't remember all the problems we had then.
XP on the old machine used the motherboard driver, Video Card Drivers etc supplied by the manufacturer and was probably activated using a genetic for a number of similar machines. If you Ghost the Hard Disk onto a new Hard Disk and place it into the new machine then it may refuse to start as it is unable to use the drivers. Most if not all these problems can be cured by running the second repair option from a reinstall This however brings us to the problem of reactivation. You could try the telephone procedure with the excuse that old computer is now dead and you need to be up and running with your projects. In Michaels Case he will be using a new Hard Disk on the sane laptop so there should be no problems. If it came with restore disks then a possibility would be to do the restore then use a program like Move Me To copy the files, settings and applications from the old laptop to the new, this involves a one payment but allows you to move files between those two computers as often as you want. A useful Project may be to find out where all this stuff is stored in the registry and then copy the registry keys into the new machine slowly to bring it up to date. I.E. Scan the hard disk for all files and settings which may want to be moved, allow for some of these to be excluded and then catalogue the registry entries and file positions that need to be moved. A full back up of the Old Hard Disk could be part of the installation routine Just for thoughts and comments as there may be free ready made software that does what is wanted Cheers Peter Hart PETER HART COMPUTERS Special Thanks to my Daughter for proof reading after the Fob instead of Job mistake -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: 07 January 2007 01:15 To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Using Norton Ghost to image onto replacement laptop (was Re: [NF] Installing a new HD in an old PC) Peter Hart wrote: > Hi all > Prosperous New Year > > I often perform this type of service for clients, Hard Disk Failures, > Virus's etc. > > If you want to use Ghost then make the new one the Master the old one the > Secondary (or stick it on the CD Cable as you won't be needing that, booting > from Floppy) > > When you have Ghosted the files, remove the old hard disk and everything > should work. > My laptop is on its last leg I believe, and I anticipate changing soon. It'd be great if the Ghost image backups I've made can simply go onto the new replacement laptop I plan to buy. Both operating systems (old and new) will be Win XP Pro. 2 questions: 1) Will Ghost work like this, or is it only for the same machine? 2) Should I order a plain jane vanilla PC (re: software-installed, not hardware) because it'll just be wiped out by the Ghost image? This is one of those scenarios where I've been using Ghost but have yet to try and restore from it. (Yeah, I know....<g>) tia! -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
