RE: IXS server and Network Storage Spaces

Speaking from a PC environment, I would tend to agree with Charles.  Having
said that, I seem to remember doing what you did once just because the
original hardware had problems and I needed to save some files that hadn't
been backed up so I pulled the drive and put it in a totally different
system.  Still, I didn't run that way long-term.

Earlier versions of Windows tended to accumulate "crud" over time.  The
amount varied depending on what you had been doing on it, abnormal reboots,
crashes, etc. but still reloading from time to time gave you a clean slate
to start from.  XP seems pretty stable in comparison.  Still, I would think
that although it's a bit of work reinstalling might be an opportunity to do
some housecleaning.

Dave Parnin
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Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
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>Waldon, do you really routinely move boot drives between dissimilar
>hardware without any prep?  How dissimilar?  If the motherboards/
>chipsets are different I'd say you're very lucky.

Admittedly, no -- thankfully I don't need to. <G> However, when I have,
it's worked. In addition, the on target KB articles seem to be 824125,
249694 and 816579. All talk about dealing w/replacing a motherboard on a
windows installation.

And of course, if you're in a product-down situation if it's not trivial
call PSS -- for $245/incident (less w/contract, free if bug) it's the
best call you'll ever make. They have access to kb articles, tools, and
obviously developers that can do all sorts of things that "can't be
done" with windows.

-Walden

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