RE: IXS server and Network Storage Spaces

The crud still accumulates.  Windows handles it better, but it's still
there.  Check the registry and look for DLLs related to hardware & apps
you don't have anymore.  Also look in 'common' and 'shared' directories
for application leftovers.

Microsoft's own crud accumulates as well.  Check the number of
$NTUninstallKBxxxxx$ directories in Windows.

Personally, my desire is not iSeries related but I'd like for Windows to
have the capability to migrate from one hard drive to a replacement hard
drive (faster/larger) without requiring 3rd party tools or an OS
re-install.  All other hardware would remain.

John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782
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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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>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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