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| 318349 | 2005-01-26 11:00:00 | i am looking to get a new comp & want my existing hard drive if i re-install windows without formatting you keep all your programs & documents right? also is it possible to use norton ghost on cd's..like without a DVD drive.. can u use norton ghost onto cd's.. & how many cd's does it use? |
jus.need.help (6704) | ||
| 318350 | 2005-01-26 11:17:00 | Nortons will backup to a set of CD's As to how many, that totally depends on how much data you are backing up. Anything from about 9 upwards. My advice is to reformat and reinstall everything if you want any reliability at all. Otherwise you could try a repair, but don't expect long term reliability. If it boots at all, that is. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 318351 | 2005-01-26 11:27:00 | Your hard drive could be transferred to the new machine without the need to reformat it. However Windows will have a bit of a fit as to the new hardware, drivers required etc also the Microsoft hardware wizard will throw a major wobbly over the changes. If you install the drive and reinstall windows, it would pay to back up your data, email contacts, documents, music etc before hand. They should remain but Windows will lose the file associations etc, you won't be able to use most things until you reinstall the associated programs, eg MS Word, Winamp etc another way is to back up your data, and move it over on to the new machine. As regards to Ghost, yep you can backup on to CD, you could also arrange a batch file to span the backup over X Cd's depending on how much data you wish to Ghost ie doing the entire hardrive will use more CD's than just your documents directory. :2cents: |
EX-WESTY (221) | ||
| 318352 | 2005-01-26 12:57:00 | I'm with godfather. Back up your data only to CD and do a fresh install on the new one - or put your current HD in as a slave on your new one - transfer your files over to the new HD - then format your old one and use as a data/backup drive. | darro (7011) | ||
| 318353 | 2005-01-26 17:08:00 | i' know that you dont need to worry about batch files or whatever wiht ghosting to cd......just goto the ghost options when you first run it and make sure it's set to 'span' ..........you MAY be able to get away with this.....either install the harddrive in the new pc or ghost it's image on to a drive in the new pc then ......do a 'repair' install of xp that should load the correct drivers etc for the system........this will often work well....i'm not sure where the comment comes from about long term reliability in those circumstances cause once loaded...well i'ts loaded....i've recently done this on two pc's with success.......however in saying this the motherboards while different models were the same chipset and that helped...... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 318354 | 2005-01-26 18:48:00 | I have found the very simple method described here, www.brienposey.com works well when moving a HDD to a new computer. It uses the XP CD and you choose the Install option. All the new stuff is re-detected and old hardware settings replaced, and it means you dont have to re-install all your existing programs. Having a complete backup or clone would still be a good idea though. You will still need to have motherboard chipset drivers CD etc handy. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 318355 | 2005-01-26 19:00:00 | as i siad 'do a repair install''.......also ......you MAY need the mobo chipset driver cd however often you'll find that xp will load many/most'/all anyway... | drcspy (146) | ||
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