New machine question.

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Mystie

I'm looking at buying a new machine. I DO NOT want Vista - yuk.

Anyway, I have a valid XP Pro CD and will use that to install and
re-activate (or what ever is requerid).

My question is, how can I move all of my programs and data from my old
system to the new one? I really don't want to re-nstall all of apps if I can
get away from it.

I think I understand the Settings & Transfer process and if I'm correct it
will only transfer my personal settings, app settings etc., but it won't
move my programs across.

Am I out to lunch?

tx to all.
 
I've used a tool called Acronis® Migrate Easy. This is an add on for True
Image and I've found them to be an excellent set of tools for moving,
migrating even ADDING/CHANGING hard disks, memory and a host of other system
components.

Having said the above, it may be that my changes/upgrades were not
significant enuff to cause XP to yell and scream for a re-activation, but so
far they've been great.

Check this site out:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
 
1) Do a Drive Copy from the old drive to the new drive (or attach the old
drive as master and the new drive as slave)
2) Ensure you set the BIOS in the new computer so that the setting for Plug
n Play OS is set to enabled if possible.
3) Boot the computer with your XP CD and perform a Repair Install.
4) You may need to apply the drivers for the new system so ensure you have
those handy.
5) You will need to apply all the hotfixes from Microsoft again as they will
not survive the Repair Install but all of your data and settings plus
installed apps should make the transition fine.

I've done this many, many times with great success. If you plan to do the
Drive to Drive copy you need third party software.
 
I'm looking at buying a new machine. I DO NOT want Vista - yuk.
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Your choice of course, but I think you're making a mistake. I don't
think everyone should rush out to upgrade old machines to Vista, but
with a new machine, it makes no sense to me to go with yesterday's
operating system, as long as you buy a computer with enough power to
run Vista.

Anyway, I have a valid XP Pro CD and will use that to install and
re-activate (or what ever is requerid).
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Is your XP CD a retail one, or OEM? If it's retail (either Full or
Upgrade), no problem. But if it's an OEM CD, you may *not* do this.
The biggest disadvantage of an OEM version is that its license ties it
permanently to the first computer it's installed on. It can never
legally be moved to another computer, sold, or given away, except with
that original computer.


My question is, how can I move all of my programs and data from my old
system to the new one? I really don't want to re-nstall all of apps if I can
get away from it.

I think I understand the Settings & Transfer process and if I'm correct it
will only transfer my personal settings, app settings etc., but it won't
move my programs across.
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Moving data is no problem at all. But programs can not be moved from
one computer to another. Installed programs (all except an occasional
very small one) have many entries, settings, and supporting files, in
the registry and elsewhere. These will be lost if you move the
programs, so programs have to be reinstalled from the original media.
 
Your choice of course, but I think you're making a mistake. I don't
think everyone should rush out to upgrade old machines to Vista, but
with a new machine, it makes no sense to me to go with yesterday's
operating system, as long as you buy a computer with enough power to
run Vista.
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My next computer will not run Vista, either. I will bite the bullet and
install a version of Linux, instead. I don't want an OS which calls home all
of the time, and is excessively restrictive WRT DRM.
 
N. Miller said:
My next computer will not run Vista, either. I will bite the bullet and
install a version of Linux, instead. I don't want an OS which calls home
all
of the time, and is excessively restrictive WRT DRM.
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You will be biting more than bullets when you switch to Linux.. :-)
 
You will be biting more than bullets when you switch to Linux.. :-)
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Eh? I've already done a couple of full-blown Unix installs. Linux can't be
much harder than that.
 
N. Miller said:
Eh? I've already done a couple of full-blown Unix installs. Linux can't be
much harder than that.
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The point is that threatening to switch to Linux in a Microsoft newsgroup is
a waste of typing. Microsoft could care less if you switch.
 
Xandros said:
The point is that threatening to switch to Linux in a Microsoft newsgroup
is a waste of typing. Microsoft could care less if you switch.
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I've always found that an intriguing Americanism: here in blighty we'd say
that they "couldn't care less," which is 100% more logical! (Not that
language heeds logic, or necessarily should.)
 
Olórin said:
I've always found that an intriguing Americanism: here in blighty we'd say
that they "couldn't care less," which is 100% more logical! (Not that
language heeds logic, or necessarily should.)
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Right you are but the idiom "Could care less" is a form of sarcasm.

Xandros
 
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