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re: Transferring *everything* on C to another computer, Part 3
Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 4:44 pm
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Posted by Ricer46 (22029 messages posted)


A clone is an exact copy, so what you got should not have surprised you.


On Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 9:12 am, Chris wrote:
>For those not following previous parts, briefly, I tried ghosting all of C: from
>computer #1 to #2 (identical hardware in every respect), then I followed the procedures
>to activate #2 with my second license. However, the ghost was not recognized as
>a copy at all. It was already activated.


>
>This Part 3 describes some strange results from the above procedure. But let me
>say, I think I'm going to end up starting installation from scratch. I want the
>experience at least once of loading XP Pro, and I'm not happy with these anomalies.


>
>After ghosting from #1 to #2, the target computer (#2) was:
>
>


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  • Already activated (product numbers matched)

  • >
    >
  • KB #321636 procedure did not deactivate it

  • >
    >
  • Office XP Pro also remained activated

  • >
    >
  • Eudora (paid mode, V5.2) was unable to leave messages on the server (may or may
    >not be related)

  • >

>


Written in response to:
Transferring *everything* on C to another computer, Part 3 (Christopher: Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 9:12 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Transferring *everything* on C to another computer, Part 3 (Tom Swanson: Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 6:50 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Transferring *everything* on C to another computer, Part 3 (Christopher: Sat, May 31, 2003, 9:12 am)
-re: Transferring *everything* on C to another computer, Part 3 (Ricer46: Sat, May 31, 2003, 4:44 pm)
*re: Transferring *everything* on C to another computer, Part 3 (Tom Swanson: Sat, May 31, 2003, 6:50 pm)
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