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From: Vinni on 7 Feb 2010 12:35
On 12:49 6 Feb 2010, TVeblen wrote:

> On 2/6/2010 5:27 AM, 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?
>
> Hopefully you are talking about copying a disk image of the entire
> system drive (C:). Just "cut and paste" will result in problems.
> You would then need to attempt a Repair Installation of XP. You will
> need your XP CD to do this. When you boot the computer (it will not
> boot the OS at all) with the CD in the drive you will be presented
> with the option to press F6 to load SATA drivers, which you must do so
> to use a SATA drive with XP (Windows 7 and Vista have SATA drivers
> built in). The SATA drivers should be on the motherboard CD, or on the
> manufacturer website. You will need these on a floppy disk or a USB
> thumbdrive. After that you will get to a menu that will offer the
> option to do a repair install. You will need all the current XP
> drivers for your new hardware available.
> You would be best advised to do a search for "XP Repair Installation"
> and read up on the details and tips. My post is only an overview.
> A clean installation would be your best option however, IMHO.

Good info. Thx!
From: Vinni on 7 Feb 2010 12:36
On 14:06 6 Feb 2010, John McGaw wrote:

> On 2/6/2010 5:27 AM, 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?
>
> While XP will run on new hardware (I have it running on a very new i7
> X58 system) I doubt that simply moving the install over in any way
> will end well. In the best of all possible worlds it might boot and
> run well enough for you to do a repair install of the OS and add the
> new drivers but I doubt that it would get far enough. Oh, and simply
> copying the XP partition to the new drive would not work; you would
> need to do an image rather than a simple copy -- you need the boot
> information.

You're right. I will copy a partition image to the new disk drive.
From: SteveH on 7 Feb 2010 14:52
Vinni wrote:
> 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!
>
As has mine. However, it still wouldn't stop me reinstalling it, especially
after 5 years! How do you /really/ know that all that lovely new kit is
working as well as it could? And new kit or not, mine would have been
reinstalled long before then.

--
SteveH


From: kony on 7 Feb 2010 16:42
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:26:24 -0500, TVeblen
<Killtherobots(a)hal.net> wrote:

>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.


The above is not doing a repair install, it is simply
plugging and playing new hardware. In general this works
fine and I've not had a problem doing it, hidden devices
that are no longer present are only resistry entries, only
text read and displayed on-screen, not a driver loaded.

It seems you had some unique situation, there really isn't
any reason at all to do a repair or clean install just
because the hardware changed. On the other hand if the
windows installation is corrupt, infected, otherwise
damaged, then a repair or clean install can be a good idea
regardless of whether the hardware has changed or not.
From: Flasherly on 8 Feb 2010 12:35
On Feb 6, 5:27 am, Vinni <ends...(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?

Stick it in and boot. Won't, then try safemode and start getting rid
of old drivers. When it does you can restore a binary copy of the
original XP OS-only partition and signal out and address any prior
identified driver(s) conflicts, at which point you're ready to put in
orderly and neat program install, linked to another HD/partition, for
more or less testing and further tweaking. Simple. Then again, maybe
not. Mileage varies. Horrible to imagine sitting there for days, as
if condemned forever to pulling out hair for a build config that won't
take the OS. The alternative is a fresh install and getting the OS
tweaked and at least thousands of program settings correct with
required registry entries. Fun, fun.
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