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From: SteveH on 6 Feb 2010 13:12
Vinni wrote:
> I want to upgrade to a new PC and put my old XP in the new machine.
> (Later I'll install Win 7.)
>
> This is what I have now: XP Pro Volume Licence, AMD Duron processor
> and VIA SV266A chipset. The hard drive is IDE.
>
> First I'll copy the XP partition to a new SATA drive but what do I do
> after that?

Just do a clean install.

--
SteveH


From: kony on 6 Feb 2010 16:02
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:27:18 GMT, Vinni
<endspam(a)invalid.com> wrote:

>I want to upgrade to a new PC and put my old XP in the new machine. (Later
>I'll install Win 7.)
>
>This is what I have now: XP Pro Volume Licence, AMD Duron processor and
>VIA SV266A chipset. The hard drive is IDE.
>
>First I'll copy the XP partition to a new SATA drive but what do I do after
>that?


Look through the following search hits, basically switching
involves adding some registry entries and files so the new
system can find the hard drive after it loads an appropriate
driver for the controller to finish booting windows, at
which point it will plug-n-play the rest and you then
install the appropriate drivers, uninstalling the old
inappropriate drivers.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&q=migrate+existing+XP+new+system+registry
From: Strobe on 6 Feb 2010 20:13
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:27:18 GMT, Vinni <endspam(a)invalid.com> wrote:

>I want to upgrade to a new PC and put my old XP in the new machine. (Later
>I'll install Win 7.)
>
>This is what I have now: XP Pro Volume Licence, AMD Duron processor and
>VIA SV266A chipset. The hard drive is IDE.
>
>First I'll copy the XP partition to a new SATA drive but what do I do after
>that?

I've upgraded this way - several times .

The XP drivers for your old PC will be wrong for your new MB,
so don't even try to boot the new PC from the SATA drive.

First make a copy of your XP CD with SP3 slipstreamed in, if it doesnt already
have it.

Connect the SATA drive to your new MB.

Boot from your XP CD.

Choose to do a Repair Install.

This will affect only Windows components, no other programs will be changed.
It will replace all the old, wrong drivers with new, good ones.
Use the CD that comes with your new MB to feed XP with drivers specifically for
your new hardware.

When it completes, you'll have a new working system.

Do a normal Windows Update to add back the post-SP3 MS patches that were
rolled back as a side effect of the Repair Install.

You now have all your old programs working just like before, but on the new,
better hardware.
You did NOT have to find their master disks and serials to reinstall, and
especially did NOT have to re-do all the tweaks you'd made to get them
running just the way you like.

Enjoy!
From: TVeblen on 7 Feb 2010 11:26
On 2/6/2010 4:02 PM, kony wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:27:18 GMT, Vinni
> <endspam(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>
>> I want to upgrade to a new PC and put my old XP in the new machine. (Later
>> I'll install Win 7.)
>>
>> This is what I have now: XP Pro Volume Licence, AMD Duron processor and
>> VIA SV266A chipset. The hard drive is IDE.
>>
>> First I'll copy the XP partition to a new SATA drive but what do I do after
>> that?
>
>
> Look through the following search hits, basically switching
> involves adding some registry entries and files so the new
> system can find the hard drive after it loads an appropriate
> driver for the controller to finish booting windows, at
> which point it will plug-n-play the rest and you then
> install the appropriate drivers, uninstalling the old
> inappropriate drivers.
>
> http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&q=migrate+existing+XP+new+system+registry

Just one nitpick note: the old devices and drivers are not actually
removed from the system. They are marked as inactive and hidden in the
OS and the Device Manager. Most times this does not cause any problems,
but sometimes the old leftover drivers do cause trouble. I had this
happen with a new NIC install on a box I had done a repair install on.
You can go into Device Manager and check the option to "show all hidden
devices" and then (carefully) uninstall the ones you know are old, but
the OS does not do this for you. That is why it is recommended, if you
have the time, to do a clean install. That said, I have run my
repair-install box for 4 years or more without issues since
deleting/removing the old devices.
From: Vinni on 7 Feb 2010 12:33
On 18:12 6 Feb 2010, SteveH wrote:

> Vinni wrote:
>>
>> I want to upgrade to a new PC and put my old XP in the new machine.
>> (Later I'll install Win 7.)
>>
>> This is what I have now: XP Pro Volume Licence, AMD Duron processor
>> and VIA SV266A chipset. The hard drive is IDE.
>>
>> First I'll copy the XP partition to a new SATA drive but what do I do
>> after that?
>
> Just do a clean install.

A clean install mean I re-enter all my application settings, shortcuts,
personalisations, tweaks, patches, etc. My XP has been used daily for 5
years so it's had a lot of modifying!

That's why I want to run my XP on the new hardware.

I'll do a clean install when I go to Win7.
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