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Old February 22nd 10, 03:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
glee
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Default Troiuble migrating hard drive w/XP to a new machine

"Chuck" wrote in message
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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
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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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Old February 22nd 10, 03:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
glee
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Posts: 1,794
Default 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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