Migrating from XP x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-bit

[Guest Jim]

Hi Helpful Group! :-)

 

I thought I'd make a *positive* post for a change. I actually got

something to work!

 

I migrated my system from XP Professional x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-

bit. I expected a nightmare, as I had a relatively old Tyan K8WE

(S2895) motherboard and I was using Opteron 270 CPUs. I also had a

beta driver and BIOS for my AMCC 3ware 9550SX SATA2 RAID card.

 

I can not say it was easy, as it took me several nights of being up

until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. to get the old machine ready, but the actually

*install* of Vista was almost painless. It seemed as if it took less

than one hour. I have then spent several days reinstalling software.

 

The machine, of course, runs *worse,* but I now have more software

options. Apple iTunes, for example, correctly recognizes and installs

on my operating system.

 

I have a long ways to go, but I wanted to encourage others to make the

switch *if* they need to.

 

Jim

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Migrating from XP x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-bit

 

Glad to hear you got it all up and working. Yeah, it's a nuisance to

re-install everything, but if you run the Windows Easy Transfer (WET) from

the Vista DVD before you do the rebuild, you can save off most of your

settings. You still need to install your programs, but it definitely saves

time on the reconfiguration portion.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Jim" <jmegas@cal.berkeley.edu> wrote in message

news:6b7a4a6f-0954-400e-8aba-ae073a9e26c2@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

> Hi Helpful Group! :-)

>

> I thought I'd make a *positive* post for a change. I actually got

> something to work!

>

> I migrated my system from XP Professional x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-

> bit. I expected a nightmare, as I had a relatively old Tyan K8WE

> (S2895) motherboard and I was using Opteron 270 CPUs. I also had a

> beta driver and BIOS for my AMCC 3ware 9550SX SATA2 RAID card.

>

> I can not say it was easy, as it took me several nights of being up

> until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. to get the old machine ready, but the actually

> *install* of Vista was almost painless. It seemed as if it took less

> than one hour. I have then spent several days reinstalling software.

>

> The machine, of course, runs *worse,* but I now have more software

> options. Apple iTunes, for example, correctly recognizes and installs

> on my operating system.

>

> I have a long ways to go, but I wanted to encourage others to make the

> switch *if* they need to.

>

> Jim

[Guest Jim]

Re: Migrating from XP x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-bit

 

On May 7, 2:43 pm, "Charlie Russel - MVP"

<char...@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote:

> Glad to hear you got it all up and working. Yeah, it's a nuisance to

> re-install everything, but if you run the Windows Easy Transfer (WET) from

> the Vista DVD before you do the rebuild, you can save off most of your

> settings. You still need to install your programs, but it definitely saves

> time on the reconfiguration portion.

 

Hi Charlie,

 

I should have RTFM. I did *not* run the Windows Easy Transfer (WET)

from the Vista DVD, but I had never moved most of my documents to that

machine.

 

I was pleasantly surprised to find that my old storage directories

were still there on the new machine, and I could find all of my old

files I had stashed away there. I could reinstall from the hard drive

(RAID array) and I did not need to use the DVDs I had burned.

 

Thank you for your help! :-)

 

Jim