Changing the machine

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Hello,

I want to upgrade my machine (Laptop) but want to keep my settings, data etc as it is. Is there any easyway of doing it.

In fact we were using Norton Ghost earlier to clone / upgrade the hard disk while keeping everything same but as we know that when we put one system hard drive into another XP crashes and we have to reinstall XP on to new machine. So looking for some advices before I put my Samsung Laptop HArd drive in to my New Sony Vaio laptop.
 
Try using the "files and settings transfer wizard" on XP. I haven't used it yet but that's what it's basically for.

You can find it in Start>All Programs>Accessories>

or

Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools
 
arios said:
Try using the "files and settings transfer wizard" on XP. I haven't used it yet but that's what it's basically for.

You can find it in Start>All Programs>Accessories>

or

Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools
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Thanks for the info, I guess it is not going to help as it is meant to transfer the settings for Desktop, Outlook and IE. But obviously it is not going to take my installed programs.

What I am thinking is to remove the HDD from old laptop and put in to new Laptop and try booting into safe mode, remove all the drivers and then try rebooting into normal mode. I prefer to move my old HDD (100 GB) into new Laptop (80GB). But I am worried of expected XP Crash for the first time.

Any help again is appreciated.
 
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