Install WinXP to 2nd computer

[Sheldon Roger]

I am planning to create a clone of my setup which is WinXP HE on a
Soyo 333 Dragon Ultra Plat. I plan to place this system on a new
computer
with another copy of the OS. This machine will have a NF7-S MB.

I had previously transferred data from a KT7 to the Soyo using
Ntbackup, overwriting a clean install on the Dragon and was able to
retain almost all of my previous programs and data. Used the info on
MSKB 314070 which has been removed from the database probably because
of many glitches I believe. Plan to try it again except now I'll be
using a
different copy of the OS and might have a different type of abstaction
layer.

If I "ghost" a copy of my present system to the new computer and use
the second copy of WinXP to do a repair installation after booting
from a CD, will this work? Will a new WPA and abstraction layer be
created which corresponds to
the serial number on the second Installation CD?

Will appreciate any advice.

[Dan DeStefano]

you may be able to do this with no problems, but if the hardware is very
different you can have many problems ranging from system slowdown, to
endless reboot loops, to blue screens. i have done some testing with imaging
xp and found this to be the case with straight images. however, xp does
provide several duplication utilities including setup manager and system
preparation tool or "sysprep", which prepare your machine for imaging. both
tools can be found on the xp cdrom in the .\support\tools\deploy.cab file;
just extract it to your hdd or to a floppy - there is a readme and a couple
of help files in that cab as well; there is also extensive documentation on
these utilities on ms kb.

Dan DeStefano


"Sheldon Roger" > wrote in message
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> I am planning to create a clone of my setup which is WinXP HE on a
> Soyo 333 Dragon Ultra Plat. I plan to place this system on a new
> computer
> with another copy of the OS. This machine will have a NF7-S MB.
>
> I had previously transferred data from a KT7 to the Soyo using
> Ntbackup, overwriting a clean install on the Dragon and was able to
> retain almost all of my previous programs and data. Used the info on
> MSKB 314070 which has been removed from the database probably because
> of many glitches I believe. Plan to try it again except now I'll be
> using a
> different copy of the OS and might have a different type of abstaction
> layer.
>
> If I "ghost" a copy of my present system to the new computer and use
> the second copy of WinXP to do a repair installation after booting
> from a CD, will this work? Will a new WPA and abstraction layer be
> created which corresponds to
> the serial number on the second Installation CD?
>
> Will appreciate any advice.