[PLUG] OT: Transferring image of Windows system from one computerto another

[William A Morita]

Jeff,

My understanding of XP is that it will only tolerate a limited amount of HW
changes.
Putting the disk in to a new system will likely have it complaining.
You might be able to call the MS activation folks for a solution at that
point.

I strongly suggest that you download and run the Belarc Advisor
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
This will scan the entire HW and SW for the XP system and give you a listing
of:
	Hardware present
	Software present (including product keys) and MS updates.
I use this to document (hard copy) all of my Windows based systems.

If you are forced into loading a new copy of XP, 
it would be best to apply all the current patches BEFORE connecting to the
internet.
How to do that?
I suggest that you create your own service pack.  Download the DIY Service
pack (assumes SP2)
http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/projekte/offlineupdate/
Download version 3.04

Instructions in English found at
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/80682
[Note: the download pointer from this page does version 3.02 which has a
problem.]

You should then be able to burn the .iso file(s) CD or DVD with all the MS
patches.
The CD/DVD should autostart into a process that will apply the patches.
This process will go through several reboots.

Then you should have a fully patch XP prior to plugging into the internet.
[Note: this process also works for W2K which will migrate to a new system
with some fiddling]

Hope this helps

- Bill Morita 
wamorita at hevanet.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org
[mailto:plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Robert Jeffrey Miesen
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 5:22 PM
To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic
Subject: [PLUG] OT: Transferring image of Windows system from one computerto
another

Hi all.


    I know that this question is a bit off-topic for this mailing list, but
a friend of mine wants me to setup his new computer for him and wants all
his stuff from his old system too exactly as is. My question
is: is Windows (XP) smart enough to not croak and die if it finds itself
running on another computer?


    If not, then what would an EASY way to figure out what stuff is
installed on his current system so I can manually do the honors (when I say
easy, I mean something along the lines of running 'apt-get --get-selections
> someFile' on a Debian-based system)?


    TIA.

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