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Re: WHS transfer


  • Subject: Re: WHS transfer
  • From: Ian Oliver <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:27:56 GMT

In article <2C50EF899EA14EC991E8E3D90AEEB2F6@xxxxxxx>, Neil
Wrightson
wrote:
> You instill so much confidence (not)  :-)
>
> Does anybody else have some experience in this area?

Perhaps I was being too negative. I have moved several dozen Windows
installs between different hardware, and have never had a total
failure, but each case has had its different speed humps.

Just to be certain, I always have good backups (usually complete disc
images) or more often, I move the old install to a fresh HD before
moving that to new hardware.

There are also certain things you can do old the old hardware to make
things easier. A chkdsk is well worth doing, and I believe that MS also
recommend removing all mobo drivers in advance, but I have never done
this.

Microsoft seem to make this process hard as they want the old Windows
licence to die with the old box and for you to buy a new one (with
fresh install) on the new box.

Ian Oliver
Sunny Leeds, UK





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