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| I<3acid |
does anybody know of any ways to avoid having to reinstall a bunch of when you buy a new computer?
especially is there a way to avoid having to re-register various programs?
installing old harddrive into new tower is an option...if this will work. |
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| jeeper_095 |
| quote: | Originally posted by I<3acid
does anybody know of any ways to avoid having to reinstall a bunch of when you buy a new computer?
especially is there a way to avoid having to re-register various programs?
installing old harddrive into new tower is an option...if this will work. |
Maybe copy all the contents from the old hd into the new HD, only if the OS is the same.
use linux live (very easy to use), Debian 2.0 is what I'd use to transfer everything as 2.0 isn't really dependable to any components on the HD.
is you have a totally different OS, than you have no choice but to subscribe to the services you currently have again. Most companies allow you to continue using their services as long as you got the activation key to put in upon installation(like norton and Zona Alarm does)
Good luck and hope this helps. |
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| I<3acid |
| what about moving from xp home to xp pro? |
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| jeeper_095 |
| quote: | Originally posted by I<3acid
what about moving from xp home to xp pro? |
won't work! I believe home and pro are structurally different. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
copy pasta! |
fixed. |
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| Space_Marine |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
fixed. |
worst fix ever. |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by Space_Marine
I fight terrorists in the vast oceans of space! |
refurbished. |
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| Akridrot |
| quote: | Originally posted by I<3acid
does anybody know of any ways to avoid having to reinstall a bunch of when you buy a new computer?
especially is there a way to avoid having to re-register various programs?
installing old harddrive into new tower is an option...if this will work. |
Most people do this by cloning their hard-drive:
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1. Create one or more partitions on the disk
2. Format each partition to create a file system on it
3. Install the operating system
4. Install device drivers for the particular hardware
5. Install application software
With disk cloning, this is simplified to:
1. Install the first computer, as above.
2. Create an image of the hard disk (optional)
3. Clone the first disk, or its image, to the remaining computers
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_cloning
Basically, you would install all the essentials needed for your operating system and then clone it from that point (before you caught any viruses, spyware, or bloated up your system). This way, you can put a new, fresh copy of the OS on any computer you want. It's faster than having to install the regular way too.
But I don't know if you have the same OS on your new computer and old computer. Even if you don't solve your original problem, it's still useful to do this with your new computer, just in case. Saves you a lot of headache in the long run. |
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| Prometheus Xex |
| quote: | Originally posted by I<3acid
does anybody know of any ways to avoid having to reinstall a bunch of when you buy a new computer?
especially is there a way to avoid having to re-register various programs?
installing old hard drive into new tower is an option...if this will work. |
This worked for me when I put together a quad-cpu computer from my old one. I dropped in the old hard drive into it and it worked after windows XP added some extra drivers from the new motherboards driver disk. Perhaps it helped since both MB's were ASUS (meaning the same manufacturer). |
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| BoReD365247 |
Keeping the programs installed and functioning in the new OS is not going to work. The registries will be different and you will need to reinstall all the programs to write the entries into the new computer. AFAIK you can't simply copy the registry from one computer to the other because the hardware is different and that will screw with windows as well as Pro and Home having some differences in their structures. You can preserve the files you have by inserting the old drive into the new computer by either opening it up or using an external hard drive kit that will cost you around $20USD (I would recommend the kit as you might void the warranty of the new computer).
Even if you were going to use the old drive as the primary drive in the new computer, you would still have to do a dirty install (Install a fresh copy of windows over the old one without formatting the drive) but even then it would still not preserve your registry.
Sorry. |
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| inconspicuous |
you live in a computah?
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