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From: "nobody >" on 8 Feb 2010 14:29
Flasherly wrote:
> 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.

Another option that's worked since W95. I did the tech beta on 98 and
98SE, and I "slid in" about every piece of my PC this way. IIRC, 6
motherboards and 9 processors, 5 video cards, etc.

Copy the "I386" directory off your XP disk to the root of the C: drive
(the DIRECTORY with files, not dumping all the files in C: root)

Make another directory called "VIA Drivers" or such, and download the
appropriate XP mobo/chipset/video/etc drivers to it, I recommend making
a separate subdir for each device.

Start your newer machine in SAFE MODE. Go into Device Mangler and delete
EVERYTHING that will delete. (This can also be done via REGEDIT, but
it's scarey as hell)

Shut it down, and STOP THERE! Don't restart the machine. Take the drive
out and move it over to the old machine.

Boot the old machine normally.
It should find the "basic" M$ drivers for your stuff. It may take a
couple of reboots.
Then install the "real" driver as needed.

This is about the "cleanest" way to "move installed XP" I've found.

I've used it for both upgrades and downgrades of hardware.
From: Flasherly on 8 Feb 2010 15:05
On Feb 8, 2:29 pm, "nobody >" <usenetharves...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
> Another option that's worked since W95. I did the tech beta on 98 and
> 98SE, and I "slid in" about every piece of my PC this way. IIRC, 6
> motherboards and 9 processors, 5 video cards, etc.
>
> Copy the "I386" directory off your XP disk to the root of the C: drive
> (the DIRECTORY with files, not dumping all the files in C: root)
>
> Make another directory called "VIA Drivers" or such, and download the
> appropriate XP mobo/chipset/video/etc drivers to it, I recommend making
> a separate subdir for each device.
>
> Start your newer machine in SAFE MODE. Go into Device Mangler and delete
> EVERYTHING that will delete. (This can also be done via REGEDIT, but
> it's scarey as hell)
>
> Shut it down, and STOP THERE! Don't restart the machine. Take the drive
> out and move it over to the old machine.
>
> Boot the old machine normally.
> It should find the "basic" M$ drivers for your stuff. It may take a
> couple of reboots.
> Then install the "real" driver as needed.
>
> This is about the "cleanest" way to "move installed XP" I've found.
>
> I've used it for both upgrades and downgrades of hardware.

Sounds familiar -- do something along those lines when shuffling
around things inside the case. Think I see what's going on --
replenishing itself from the I386 "CD install" when the registry
entries are missing -- keeping, thankfully, prior references to
desired program installs and respective settings. Also recall running
into a network trained guy mentioning doing that, though believe he
left the registry alone. Not nearly as involved as what I run into
nowadays, couple MB swaps that went well enough. Last one, and I've
had this ASUS socket 754 3Ghz A64 seems forever, just keeps on
pluggin' -- early spec'd SATA controllers (have three sets / 2MB and 1
PCI controller) are the extent of a PITA it subjects me to.

Got one for you. Watch'a think about doing the OS shuffle along the
same line, but going up from a single-core CPU to multicore on
XP. . .and (to complicate it a little more) XP just with SP1?
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