Re: Ghosting a WinXP boot drive (was: AMD vs. Intel)

If the copy of XP Pro is OEM, then you more than likely cannot move it.
If it's a retail copy, you should be able to.  But, the best way to do
it is to do a fresh install and use the key from the existing install
(and then wipe the 6GB disk).  The key would be with the XP CD. 


John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
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From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Dan
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:35 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: [PCTECH] Ghosting a WinXP boot drive (was: AMD vs. Intel)

On 6/16/06, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Try this: Buy the notebook ($700), the faster drive ($130), backup or 
disk imaging software like Norton Ghost ($26 for 100% legal OEM

version:

http://www.buycheapsoftware.com/details.asp?productID=1795 ), and a

2.5"

USB-powered external drive enclosure (maybe $25).  Install the fast 
drive in the enclosure & connect to the notebook.  Clone the slow 
drive to the fast drive & then swap the disks (or simply reinstall on 
the fast drive).  Ending config: slow in enclosure, fast in notebook.

Now use the slow drive to back up the fast drive periodically or as a 
general purpose external USB-attached/USB-powered portable drive.

I've got a similar situation I'm trying to address, although for
different reasons.  My previous employer was getting rid of all of their
old PC equipment by letting employees take them.  Me being a cheapwad
and all that, plus having three kids who do homework at the same time,
blah, blah, blah, I took home a couple of them.

This one PC has Windows XP Pro loaded but the HD has only a 6GB capacity
(you read right: six gigabytes).  I have no idea what they were thinking
when they installed this; the PC easily predates the XP OS (I think it's
a 266MHz w/ 128MB ram).  I was going to turn this box into a ipCop
appliance, but didn't want to "waste" the XP Pro install.

Ideally, it'd be nice to ghost this drive, and "paste" it to a new
drive.
Preferably a new drive on a new machine.  But where does Windows
Activation puke, if at all?  I could probably retrieve the Windows
product key using a free keyfinder utility.  Based on the age of the
machine, this install of WinXP Pro could not possibly be an OEM install,
but rather a retail upgrade.  Presuming that, should I be able to
"legally" move the OS to another machine?

What thinkest thou?

TIA,
Dan
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