Migration........

[The Other]

I have aquestion I have a computer that has everything.

But I want to migrate it to a new setup

is there anything I need to do. will I have to do anything to the hard drive or anything?

 

[CommanderFrank]

Can you be a little more specific as to your question...?

 

[kronchev]

Im guessing you want to upgrade?

If you have XP, you may or may not be OK. Switch enough and youll have to reactivate (which is a pain in itself). Switch too much and it wont boot, youll have to use automated system recovery (boot from the CD, go like youre going to install windows, there will be an option for "Automated system recovery" when you are selecting where to put the OS)

 

[Dracul]

from my experiences, if you use a different motherboard, you have to reinstall windows. so make sure the hd is partitioned and everything is backed up.

everything else, besides messin with the gay activation thing, you should be fine.

 

[The Other]

Sorry I should have been more specific. I currently have a

P3 450 with 256MB PC100 Ram
30 WD ATA100 gb hard drive
Geforce 440MX 64mb
Win XP Home SP1

to a

AMD 3000+ 400fsb but when my 2500+ comes in I am using it instead, because I have a better plan for it.

Same HD
PC2700 512mb PNY BTW it's on sale a BB for 49.
Same Vid Card
MoBo Chaintech Zenith 7JNS non-ultra.


So the answer is basically back-up everything right?

 

[CommanderFrank]

If you have your HDD drive partitioned I would move all of the goodies to the other partition(s) and then format the C drive and reinstall the OS and let it detect all of the new hardware anew. You will probably have to re-register your OS with all of the hardware changes.

 

[The Other]

thank you!

 

[The Other]

I got it going and the only thing I had to do is to is my updates kept everything on, I had to call to reactivate and stuff but that was bout it. but it went smoothly!

 

[’m‚³‚ñ]

Originally posted by The Other
I got it going and the only thing I had to do is to is my updates kept everything on, I had to call to reactivate and stuff but that was bout it. but it went smoothly!

That's a first. Never had that happen to me, even when using Linux or Win 98.

 

[kovermours]

Glad it worked out for you. You're a lucky one, trust me.

Someone mentioned Automated System Recovery when changing mobos - that never worked for me. Instead I got a little farther into the XP installation, and a prompt with the option to press "R" to "repair windows" will come up. I guess this reinstalled the core components of Windows, including anything to do with mobos, ACPI, etc.

 

[kronchev]

Originally posted by kovermours
Glad it worked out for you. You're a lucky one, trust me.

Someone mentioned Automated System Recovery when changing mobos - that never worked for me. Instead I got a little farther into the XP installation, and a prompt with the option to press "R" to "repair windows" will come up. I guess this reinstalled the core components of Windows, including anything to do with mobos, ACPI, etc.

thats what I mean, its referred to as Automated System Recovery

 

[’m‚³‚ñ]

Originally posted by kronchev
thats what I mean, its referred to as Automated System Recovery

ASR (automated system recovery) uses diskettes to backup certain components of windows, I've never even bothered using it. I don't have enough floppies for that, nor do I want to spend money on that kind of thing. I did a repair myself, except, every time I do it, it leaves off a tab in the System Properties window and causes some other major errors in Windows. =\

 

[Mad_Pyro]

The Repair process from the XP cd will most likely work also, although creating a backup partition and formatting Windows seems like a smarter way to go.