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Moving HD to new system
Mark F wrote in
: On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:16:14 GMT, in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt wrote in part: Whether reinstalling Windows is critical or not, I don't see why anyone would/should shy away from doing a reinstallation of Windows on a freshly formatted hard drive when they are replacing the mainboard, especially if it is their own system. Even Windows is a problem since it may be impossible to follow the path that got you where you are. My typical system came with a few of its own drivers (because the manufacturer decided that he had to mess with stuff), a Microsoft Windows official distribution disk (that obviously doesn't correspond to the version that was actually used to make the system that the original installed Windows on my machine came from), and furthermore was upgraded from Windows XP to SP1 to SP2 by me, and probably even has had the physical system disk changed a time or two. Even with the original Microsoft Windows disks and the {Dell, Compaq (now hp), and hp} driver disk, reinstallation is iffy. In particular, the two most recent times I tried I could reinstall Windows to either of the two different model systems that I tried, even with a few hours me getting stepped through the procedures over the phone by the {major company's) US based support people. Each time they gave up and offered me replacement hardware, and I had to spend a day or 2 fixing the original problem with what should have been a more difficult and more time consuming procedure than just installing a few programs on the luckily fairly new systems. (Only 20 or so add-on programs, rather than the 500 and 3500 on my personal machines.) Seems to me that when someone is afraid of reinstalling Windows, you can guess that they do not have a copy of important files from their hard drive. Windows and programs settings are a good reason to avoid reinstalling stuff, but the lack of removable media copies of important data is a possible bad reason. Like maybe they don't know how to locate, copy, and then reapply important personal/program data to a new installation. Good luck getting everything. TurboTax and a bunch of other things don't have install disks or files that you can use to install stuff. You have to get at least some stuff online. TurboTax (Intuit?), in particular doesn't keep stuff around long enough so that you can install all of the old versions of the software that you might need in case you get audited. Even if you have installation files for everything, you probably can't do things in the same order that they were done the first time, so things may not wind up the same. Also, good luck in getting all of your data, let alone all of your settings, copied from the old system. This is why I: Build my own PCs. Still use WIN98SE. Don't buy software that requires online update that can't be saved to HD for future install. Organizing my data carefully and do regular backups. Am leaving Windows for Linux. A reinstall of the OS, all apps and personal data is sometimes mandatory. If you can't do it your hardware is scrap. -- pcbldrNinetyEight |
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Moving HD to new system
On Feb 22, 10:16 pm, John Doe wrote:
"philo" wrote: "DaveW" wrote in message WHENEVER you change the Motherboard that is being used with a harddrive containing a previous installation of Windows, you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. Otherwise you will get ongoing Registry errors and data corruption... Not at all true A repair install usually does the trick. Whether reinstalling Windows is critical or not, I don't see why anyone would/should shy away from doing a reinstallation of Windows on a freshly formatted hard drive when they are replacing the mainboard, especially if it is their own system. To the original poster. Do you have removable media copies of important files from your hard drive? If not, you are making a boo-boo and no one here will help you do anything constructive with your computer, until you do. If you already have backups, good luck and have fun with your new hardware. Seems to me that when someone is afraid of reinstalling Windows, you can guess that they do not have a copy of important files from their hard drive. Windows and programs settings are a good reason to avoid reinstalling stuff, but the lack of removable media copies of important data is a possible bad reason. Like maybe they don't know how to locate, copy, and then reapply important personal/program data to a new installation. My problem is that I'm under pressure by the other users of the machine for minimum downtime. I thought if I could get away with a straight transfer, I'd be up and running in minutes instead of the hours that a reinstallation will take. Everything is backed up on an external drive and photos are regularly burnt onto DVD's. |
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Moving HD to new system
Mark F mark49607 gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:16:14 GMT, in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt wrote in part: Whether reinstalling Windows is critical or not, I don't see why anyone would/should shy away from doing a reinstallation of Windows on a freshly formatted hard drive when they are replacing the mainboard, especially if it is their own system. Even Windows is a problem since it may be impossible to follow the path that got you where you are. I might need a translation. For one, you don't necessarily need to be exactly where you are. Hopefully you can end up someplace better. My typical system came with a few of its own drivers (because the manufacturer decided that he had to mess with stuff), Not sure if my translation is correct, But that sounds not unusual. a Microsoft Windows official distribution disk (that obviously doesn't correspond to the version that was actually used to make the system that the original installed Windows on my machine came from), Microsoft Windows official distribution disk? Doesn't correspond to the version you have? and furthermore was upgraded from Windows XP to SP1 to SP2 by me, and probably even has had the physical system disk changed a time or two. Upgraded by you, and you say "probably" has had "the physical system disk" changed? Snipped more of a rhetorical quagmire Seems to me that when someone is afraid of reinstalling Windows, you can guess that they do not have a copy of important files from their hard drive. Windows and programs settings are a good reason to avoid reinstalling stuff, but the lack of removable media copies of important data is a possible bad reason. Like maybe they don't know how to locate, copy, and then reapply important personal/program data to a new installation. Snipped another quagmire Also, good luck in getting all of your data, let alone all of your settings, copied from the old system. If what you're saying is "I have a good excuse for not copying important files to removable media", you are dead wrong. Only you can be the judge of whether your files are important, maybe they are worthless, but important files should always be copied from the hard drive to removable media. Path: newsdbm02.news.prodigy.net!newsdst02.news.prodigy. net!prodigy.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy .net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.c om!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com .POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:44:04 -0600 From: Mark F mark49607 gmail.com Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Subject: Moving HD to new system Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:43:58 -0500 Organization: Good to October 31, 2006 only Reply-To: mark49607 gmail.com Message-ID: af26s39mmqgkjg498cmtvhcmvrjbqs2n92 4ax.com References: 6bee43dc-ed18-4e7f-9747-6f266945d0c7 s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com ifCdnSKAjetVyiLanZ2dnUVZ_qiinZ2d comcast.com B4-dnV6sUrCu7yLanZ2dnUVZ_ryqnZ2d athenet.net 2eMvj.12771$R84.10482 newssvr25.news.prodigy.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1117 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 52 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-vcxjypMD9vVay/pioJ6WXtgFYNeWS1KyKRa59ofB/+3wzrh5kp2i8kilHsBpjZLtzWIpV4+f3CjvuV3!mjEP/yeg8NbyFFnt10QqfrocgZxLv94LBxbmhG+/RWbSagROm52X1Htgc59iHUa2v+J2dKI= X-Complaints-To: abuse giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.37 Bytes: 4121 Xref: prodigy.net alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:503139 X-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:44:04 EST (newsdbm02.news.prodigy.net) |
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