backing up old machine to new one

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I have an old Pentium III desktop with only a 2GB hard
drive and insufficient CPU, RAM, etc., to run WinXP
effectively, or possibly at all. I'd like to clean it
up, delete old files, etc., and give it my 90 yr old
father, who only would run it to surf his Ameritrade
account and maybe read compuserve e-mail.

But before I do give it away, I'd need to save everything
that's on it now.

I have the same backup software on the old and my new
desktop machines. Will it work effectively, to simply
back up the entire hard drive on the old machine, to
whatever quantity of CDs is required, and then restore
the entire backup to a separate folder in my "Local Disk
C" folder on the new machine?

Or would I need to create a whole separate partition on
the new HD?

I'm not interested in ***running*** the old stuff on the
new machine. I just want an archive copy of all of it
before I send the old machine 300 miles away where I
won't be able to get at it easily if I find I DO need a
file on it, and haven't transferred it to the new machine
yet.

Thx
 
Hi Tom,

Your plan sounds fine to me. I would do the backup and restoration and test
it before shipping the machine out.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
The backup software "should" work. BUT, there's no need to
backup the entire drive: identify your data (DOCs, Address
Book, Email, Favorites, etc.) and copy it to a CD. No
need to partition, just copy it to a SPECIAL folder . . .
COULD you back up everything and move it to the new system
= YES but put it in its own folder.

Good Luck !
 
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