Guest Peter Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Am I able to restore an image of XP generated on one computer to another computer. I have an extra xp cd-rom with serial number. I've heard about doing a repair option but haven't tried it before. I'm trying to avoid having to install all the drivers and programs. Thanks, Pete
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Re: Install XP Image Peter wrote: > Am I able to restore an image of XP generated on one computer to > another computer. I have an extra xp cd-rom with serial number. I've > heard about doing a repair option but haven't tried it before. I'm > trying to avoid having to install all the drivers and programs. > > Thanks, > Pete If you attempt to restore an image of a WinXP installation onto a non-identical computer, the very first thing you'll have to do is a repair installation to install all of the correct device drivers. (The applications should remain untouched.) -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
Guest Bob In the Noc Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 RE: Install XP Image That's a bit odd, you're attempting to 'retain' your computer configuration by using the configuration from another computer? Not following your logic there. You will lose everything that you've done/customized to the original install. Not to mention, will likely generate a TON of work getting the 'cloned' image to run properly, not to mention, this just doesn't sound like a good idea. Not to be harsh or anything, just making an observation, please don't take this the wrong way---if you've not accumulated the experience of having to perform a repair with the OS CD, you likely shouldn't be tackling SID regeneration problems and hardware redetection issues. About the only scenario that I'd think about doing it this was-- the last sole copy of a valid/functioning driver in the whole of computer existence is only found within the image file of a pc that you'd snapshotted in the past that no longer exists today--pretty far fetched, I know. OS Repair from OS CD is pretty significant, but pales in comparison to reimaging, unless you're working from a script sheet that, say, your senior pc tech drafted on how to reimage rather than repair OS problems on PCs... -- Remotely managing and monitoring Phoenix AZ Networks "Peter" wrote: > Am I able to restore an image of XP generated on one computer to > another computer. I have an extra xp cd-rom with serial number. I've > heard about doing a repair option but haven't tried it before. I'm > trying to avoid having to install all the drivers and programs. > > Thanks, > Pete >
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