re: Replacing Vista with XP on new laptop
Friday, February 23, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Apache
(2 messages posted)
Get a copy of SpinRite (official site: www.grc.com) and run it on your old computer
to restore the old HDD. (99.9% guarenteed to restore you HDD, I've used this program
after covering a HDD in isoproponel and setting fire to it then putting it out by
sticking it in a bucket of water then throwing it against the wall to dry it out,
it worked perfectly after using this program on it. I only did this as an experiment
to see just how powerful SpinRite actually is.)
Then use an imaging program like Norton Ghost or better still a multicasting Hard
Drive Imager (although both computers will need to be on a network for this to work.
It will take about 10 mins per gig on muticast and between 1 - 3 hours per gig on
standard Imaging software.
All terms not understood on here can be found on www.wikipedia.org, it's 4am and
that explains the terms a lot better than I can at this time!
Once the imaging is complete you will have 2 fully functional, identical computers.
All that remains is the final tweaks, i.e. updating drivers that will be needed
for the new computer. If it is a severe upgrade you may need to start in Safe Mode
first to get the display drivers sorted out and the resolution set. It may be worth
jotting down your computer specs to refer to when getting any additional drivers
that need to be installed. Windows may have a field day the first time it loads
as it will expect everything to be there from the old computer. Other than this
first 10 mins or so afterwards, imaging is by far the best way to do what you want
to do.
If you are using a fully legal retail version of XP *coughyeahwhatevercough* then
if the specs between old and new computer differ drastically you may need to contact
Microsoft for a new product key as it uses information from the PC itself to create
the key.
btw, is the problem you are having with games like World Of Warcraft, if so I'd imagine
you are using Intel Shared Graphics memory. At present time there is a conflict
between Vista's Intel Shared Drivers and many of the MMORPG and Web Based Games Engines.
This is being looked into by all companies involved as a priority issue and will
hopefully be fixed soon.
On Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 1:50 pm, Kevin wrote:
>I would not go backwards to a 5 year old operating system. There are some applications
>that you will have to upgrade like Nero unless you are running 7.0 and also DVD
player
>software. Anti-virus is also going to have to be upgraded.Are you aware that there
>is a backware compatibility freature in Vista just like Xp? I would try and install
>the applications in compatibility mode and see if they work then. You are going
to
>have to upgrade sometine anyway so why not now?
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