ghost and XP

scan2 · 12-12-2003, 02:29 PM

Would it be possible to ghost a hard drive with XP to another hard drive and then move that hard drive to a different pc?

Thank you

chesman · 12-12-2003, 04:42 PM

yes it is possible, but i think that the system that u have it in then afterward, would have to be the same as the original. But i am not entirly sure, ill check into it for you

ekÆsine · 12-12-2003, 05:46 PM

i think what chesman is trying to say is that after you move the hard drive you need to reinstall the operating system on the other computer. i think scan2 was already planning to do this.

MrBillPro · 12-12-2003, 09:54 PM

If you move an XP drive to another PC with totally different hardware my personal experience has been no it will not even boot at all. Thanks to Bill and his new ideas on registration with the old 98se you could install it on anything and it would just either ask you for the 98se disk or it would just install the right drivers and move on to the desktop

12-12-2003, 02:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
scan2 Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5	ghost and XP Would it be possible to ghost a hard drive with XP to another hard drive and then move that hard drive to a different pc? Thank you

12-12-2003, 04:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
chesman Super Techie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 386	yes it is possible, but i think that the system that u have it in then afterward, would have to be the same as the original. But i am not entirly sure, ill check into it for you __________________ WinXP Pro P4 2.5 Ghz/socket 478/400FSB/512L2 512 megs PC800 Rambus ABIT TH7II-Raid mobo 128MB Nvidia FX 5200 Home Theatre w/TV out and Remote 80 Gig Western Digital/8mb Cache/7200 RPM\'s 20 gig Fujitsu/2mb Cache/5400 RPM\'s 48x40x48/16X Dvd/CD-Burner

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12-12-2003, 05:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
ekÆsine Wizard Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,940	i think what chesman is trying to say is that after you move the hard drive you need to reinstall the operating system on the other computer. i think scan2 was already planning to do this.

12-12-2003, 09:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
MrBillPro Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 26	If you move an XP drive to another PC with totally different hardware my personal experience has been no it will not even boot at all. Thanks to Bill and his new ideas on registration with the old 98se you could install it on anything and it would just either ask you for the 98se disk or it would just install the right drivers and move on to the desktop