I've only been using Win 7 for a very short while but I'm impressed with what I see. Main snag with cloning a drive from one machine and loading it into another is that the image will contain the drivers for the old machine which may not be compatible with the new machine's chipset, display, etc.
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > My laptop monitor is dying, and there's a chance I may be getting a > > newer laptop. > > > > Last time I migrated my software/settings from my older computer to > > this one, it took nearly a week. Not anxious to do it again, so am > > thining about Ghost, or something similar. > > > > 1. Anyone used these products? Do they work as advertised? > > Recommendations? > > > > 2. Assume that the new laptop is Windows 7, and 180GB hard > drive. If > > I use these products to clone my current XP, with it's 90GB hard > > drive, will I end up with XP on the new machine, and 180GB of disk > > space (some of which will be used by the cloned data, of course). > > That is what I'm hoping for. > ----------------------------- > > I have been using Win7 for 3 months now I cannot see why you > would not want to use it? Especially if it came installed on > the laptop. You should test drive it first before you dismiss it. > _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/61d3012787ba460c83cc96f2af92a...@wessex1 ** 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.
