Re: User state migration: dead box, old disk, new system...h

Post #59,126 by pwhysall 10/24/02 1:40:49 PM Reply	Re: User state migration: dead box, old disk, new system...h Difficult. Probably what you'll end up doing is fitting the old disk to the new computer and rescuing as much of the profile as possible, piecewise - IOW, boot into XP and copy the old favourites, documents, desktop icons and whatnot across from the %SYSTEMROOT%\\Profiles\\%USERNAME% directory. I can't see a direct migration being possible - unless the XP Files & Settings wizard can work with an existing directory on the local box. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #59,129 by drewk 10/24/02 1:45:49 PM Reply	Local ghost Don't know how this would work with XP, but we had a similar problem once. Installed both disks in the same case. One as "C:" the other as "D:". Using Ghost, cloned from one to the other. Switched jumpers for master/slave, booted to new, larger disk. Might work for you. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #59,266 by boxley 10/24/02 9:12:32 PM Reply	problem if the hardware is all different best is putting disk in as slave and copying what you can for the user settings. No spare MB's and powers supplies laying around? Break something so you could make a frankenstein box. Or when doing a minor repair, declare the MB fried. order the user a new one and start stashing parts. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] "Therefore, by objective standards, the leading managers of the U.S. economy...are collectively, clinically insane." Lyndon LaRouche

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