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Thread ID: 116968	2011-03-28 05:05:00	Move OS drive	nedkelly (9059)	Press F1

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1189956	2011-03-28 05:05:00	My aunty and uncle have an office machine at their campground that has MYOB and other programs installed on it, they might be looking at getting a newer machine because the system is starting to have a few issues. Is there a way that I can image the OS drive and then modify it so when I put the image on the new machine it will have no drivers from the old one and it will ask for a new XP key (which I have legally)?	nedkelly (9059)
1189957	2011-03-28 05:33:00	Well. I have cloned drives from old PCs and stuck them in new ones and had success. I have also had fails with it. What I've found is if the motherboards are the same brand - ASUS to ASUS for instance, it usually works OK, even if the chipset is different. However, it might depend on how old this PC is also. And if they get a new PC it would most likely come with an O/S. I would be inclined to migrate to Win7 anyway, XP is getting old. better to back the old one up, get the new one, reinstall apps and then transfer data only. And it won't ask for a new CD key - it would accept the old one. Technically that isn't legal though, and you cannot get Win XP now. So move one. Win7.	pctek (84)
1189958	2011-03-28 05:41:00	It can be done if you uninstall all chipset drivers and leave just generic windows ones, however as pctek says it could also just as easily fail, it would be better to reinstall all the programs and you can transfer MYOB data easily	gary67 (56)
1189959	2011-03-28 06:01:00	maybe you can use sysprep before you make that image or when you prepare it :confused: it just might strip out the hardware identifiers .... look that up, it is a Microsoft thingie.	Nomad (952)
1189960	2011-03-28 06:01:00	As said above, definitely easier to save the data and reinstall, or upgrade to 7 www.theeldergeek.com www.michaelstevenstech.com	feersumendjinn (64)
1189961	2011-03-28 06:13:00	See here (pressf1.co.nz) post 9.	notechyet (4479)
1189962	2011-03-28 09:55:00	notechyet: Is that free? And they were looking at a PB system with no OS. I am thinking it might be best to just stick with xp so they do not have to learn a new OS because they do not have the time to do it, they just need the system to work.	nedkelly (9059)
1189963	2011-03-28 10:20:00	Have a look here:- www.acronis.com Google is your friend. And I would not rely on it anyway. Just because it worked for mzee it may not work for you. But there again it might.	Snorkbox (15764)
1189964	2011-03-28 23:00:00	you need to have a true image home or similar already to add the "universal restore" to it... I havent used the universal restore myself, but I have used many true image backups and it's never failed me once Acronis Universal Restore installation file just modifies the existing installation of Acronis True Image product and adds the Acronis Universal Restore option to the Recovery wizard. Please note that the builds of Acronis True Image product and Acronis Universal Restore add-on should be the same. Acronis Universal Restore is available only for the following products: * Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows * Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server * Acronis True Image Echo Workstation * Acronis True Image for Small Business Server (built-in, but uses a separate license key) * Acronus True Image Virtual Edition (built-in) * Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Editions * Acronis True Image Home 2010 Plus Pack * Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack	bevy121 (117)
1189965	2011-03-29 01:54:00	why not just virtualise it then run it as a vm on new hardware. It can be pretty simple to have a shortcut on a brand new machine that just launches a remote desktop session into a virtual machine. Aunt and Uncle only have to learn to do 1 more click then normal and then everything is exactly where it normally is once they are into the vm. Food for thought....	Barnabas (4562)
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