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Troiuble migrating hard drive w/XP to a new machine
"Chuck" wrote in message
... Don't know about more stable, but it does allow windows to more fully utilize the hardware's capabilities. Even in the later 9x series, the Hal file could be different from one machine to another, and, unless it was the basic version, might not work on another hardware configuration. Stability might be improved when the win hardware drivers more closely match such things as processors and MBD chipsets. Emulation modes are seldom as good as native modes. Also, even with Win 7, it can be adviseable to load OEM MBD drivers, rather than the drivers delivered with Win 7. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ... In message , Bruce Chambers writes: [] style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group. [] Why exactly does that make it more stable? (I'm not saying it doesn't, I just don't see why.) Chuck wrote: Even in the later 9x series, the Hal file could be different from one machine to another.... Pardon me? Win9x did not have a HAL file. The Hardware Abstraction Layer is part of the NT family, but not the 9x family of operating systems. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ |
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Troiuble migrating hard drive w/XP to a new machine
"Chuck" wrote in message
... Don't know about more stable, but it does allow windows to more fully utilize the hardware's capabilities. Even in the later 9x series, the Hal file could be different from one machine to another, and, unless it was the basic version, might not work on another hardware configuration. Stability might be improved when the win hardware drivers more closely match such things as processors and MBD chipsets. Emulation modes are seldom as good as native modes. Also, even with Win 7, it can be adviseable to load OEM MBD drivers, rather than the drivers delivered with Win 7. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ... In message , Bruce Chambers writes: [] style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group. [] Why exactly does that make it more stable? (I'm not saying it doesn't, I just don't see why.) Chuck wrote: Even in the later 9x series, the Hal file could be different from one machine to another.... Pardon me? Win9x did not have a HAL file. The Hardware Abstraction Layer is part of the NT family, but not the 9x family of operating systems. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ |
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