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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?
From: Windows7Guy on 18 Feb 2010 07:01

> GUEST 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?

Hello John McGaw,

There are a few things to consider before you embark on this
endeavor.
Just an FYI, when upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 you must
upgrade the version currently installed within Windows Vista to the
corresponding version in Windows 7. I.E. Windows Vista Home Premium
to Windows 7 Home Premium; Windows Vista Business to Windows 7
Professional; and Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate. You
also cannot upgrade a 32-bit operating system to 64-bit -- to migrate
from 32-bit to 64-bit will require a custom install.
Please check out the requirements here for Windows 7:
If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it requires:
�1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
�1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
�16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
�DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
You can find the official Microsoft Windows Upgrade Advisor here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

Before making any attempts at upgrading your Windows operating sytem;
you should first backup all of your important data!
You can also go with the easy transfer, there is a very well planned
out tutorial on the microsoft site:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

Also, please refer to Microsoft official site:
Windows 7 Compatibility: (There you will find out about hardware and
software compatibilty.)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/default.aspx
There is a pulldown from which you can choose "hardware" and
"software".

Finally, if you want to do some research; there are also some great
articles, instructional videos and such to help with your Windows 7
migration and upgrade decisions located at our Springboard site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx

One last thing you can do is a "Multi-boot." Windows 7 will
be the OS on another partition. That's a whole another option. I
personally believe a "clean new installation" will yield
the best results!

Thanks again and good luck!

John M.
Microsoft Windows Client Support

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