Would this work?

Soon will be purchasing a new computer from a manufacturer that still offers WindowsXP. So I don't need to upgrade a bunch of softwares and get a new printer, and since the next Windows is just two years away, I will probably get another XP system.

So I don't have to reinstall all my security programs and bring them up to date with their signatures, remember all my settings and changes that I have made over the past five years, etc., etc., etc., would it be possible to recover by using an Archive, transferring my current XP onto the new computer? I know that there would be Microsoft Product Activation issues from my old Windows suddenly finding itself on an entirely new system; I would have to work that out with Microsoft.

But is it even possible to do this. The MBR would be different, among other things, would that make this type of recovery impossible? Thanks.

Acadia

 

Unless the new computer is IDENTICAL to your current one, I expect lots of problems. If Windows will boot at all.

Usually there are so many hardware differences that you need to start from scratch.

 

Thanks wilbertnl, yeah, I've been doing some research and it looks like it could get messy, will have to reinstall everything from scratch. Oh, well, at least this way I'll be starting over with a fresh computer. Might even get Vista after all.

Which raises another question: does FirstDefense work as well on Vista for you fellows as it does on XP?

Thanks,
Acadia

 

if u transfer the os as it is it wont work for 100% coz hardware difference (motherboard chipset etc...)

what maybe u can try and according to it specification should work is "acronis workstation with universal restore " which support backup and restore from dissimilar hardware.

also SP support this feature backup/restore from dissimilar hardware

chers

 

I also like to start clean. I have no confidence that any program, and tha includes SP, can give you anything better than second best when transfering from one machine to the next. As a stop gap measure then fine but as something that a user would wish to do then - no way. Clean start on every new machine and the image for the future.