any 'problems' in cloning one system to another?

[neutrino]

the scenario is:
friend is having a hard time reinstalling XP, for whatever reason it's
not going as expected, not being nearby I can't assist - but thought
of a kinda "fix"...
IF I were to perform a Fresh XP Install on My system... installing XP
and getting it up to date and completed, working fine, nothing else.
Desktop established, shortcuts etc etc no extra sofware, then took a
Ghost or Acronis backup - sent it on to them.. and they do a ghost or
acronis reload - whats the potential "problems" if any?
I'd of course delete my 'net login, ~ they'd need to set there one up,
plus outlook express.
Am I right in assuming due to it installing on My system and My
configuration(hardware), when it was first booted up on There system -
it'd auto detect THEIR hardware (modem/screen etc ) and it'd be a case
of~ "windows has detected new hardware and is installing
drivers....."
and all would be Ok - they could even go into the "System"-"Device
Manager" and remove any reference to hardware on My system, and apart
from that it'd be as though they'd had a succesfull install on their
own system ~ just me having done it here and sending to them.?
Not considering any "legal" issues! they DO have a legal XP disk -
just having lack of "how to install" knowledge!
Am I overlooking anything?
thanks.

 

[philo]

the scenario is:
friend is having a hard time reinstalling XP, for whatever reason it's
not going as expected, not being nearby I can't assist - but thought
of a kinda "fix"...
IF I were to perform a Fresh XP Install on My system... installing XP
and getting it up to date and completed, working fine, nothing else.
Desktop established, shortcuts etc etc no extra sofware, then took a
Ghost or Acronis backup - sent it on to them.. and they do a ghost or

Nope that will NOT work unless the hardware on your machine is identical
(or very close) to what it is on the other machine.

Besides...If XP won't install you need to get to the root of the issue

 

[nass]

the scenario is:
friend is having a hard time reinstalling XP, for whatever reason it's
not going as expected, not being nearby I can't assist - but thought
of a kinda "fix"...
IF I were to perform a Fresh XP Install on My system... installing XP
and getting it up to date and completed, working fine, nothing else.
Desktop established, shortcuts etc etc no extra sofware, then took a
Ghost or Acronis backup - sent it on to them.. and they do a ghost or
acronis reload - whats the potential "problems" if any?
I'd of course delete my 'net login, ~ they'd need to set there one up,
plus outlook express.
Am I right in assuming due to it installing on My system and My
configuration(hardware), when it was first booted up on There system -
it'd auto detect THEIR hardware (modem/screen etc ) and it'd be a case
of~ "windows has detected new hardware and is installing
drivers....."
and all would be Ok - they could even go into the "System"-"Device
Manager" and remove any reference to hardware on My system, and apart
from that it'd be as though they'd had a succesfull install on their
own system ~ just me having done it here and sending to them.?
Not considering any "legal" issues! they DO have a legal XP disk -
just having lack of "how to install" knowledge!
Am I overlooking anything?
thanks.

No Way Jack >.
You cannot do this as your hardware configurations/Settings will differ from
their.
Beside we don't know if His/Her Hard Drive having a moment?, is the HDD
healthy or damaged gone clonk at this stage. Best if he/She tried to
troubleshoot the issue with installation what gone wrong and what type of
error message they get when they tried?.
You cannot transfer a blood Type "B" to a person Blood Type "O" and think OH
because He/She need blood that ill be okay, when the Blood transfer it will
change the Blood type to suite the Patient. NO it will Kill Him /Her.
Tell then to Check the BIOS setting and set the Boot option to boot from the
CD-ROM and follow some guidance on how to Clean Install the XP, they may
dealing with a dead machine!.

Clean Install of XP:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
HTH.
nass

 

[neutrino]

Nope that will NOT work unless the hardware on your machine is identical
(or very close) to what it is on the other machine.

Besides...If XP won't install you need to get to the root of the issue

Pretty confident the PC IS ok - relatively new. (under 12Mth)
hardware also - should be fairly close - hers be a little newer and
higher spec'd.
Was initially corrupted by virus, though I don't have details.
Not sure what caused the XP reinstall to fail - suspecting just not
all steps followed
correctly.
Aaah well... maybe it wouldn't be a quick solution after all - would
love to give it a try and 'see what takes place! ~ sure can't make it
amy worse than it is now, but really I'd prefer to be there to See it!
(and be able to see what might need amending!)

 

[PD]

IF I were to perform a Fresh XP Install on My system... installing
XP
and getting it up to date and completed, working fine, nothing else.
Desktop established, shortcuts etc etc no extra sofware, then took a
Ghost or Acronis backup - sent it on to them.. and they do a ghost or
acronis reload - whats the potential "problems" if any?
========
More than your limited experience could possibly imagine.

 

[HeyBub]

the scenario is:
friend is having a hard time reinstalling XP, for whatever reason it's
not going as expected, not being nearby I can't assist - but thought
of a kinda "fix"...
IF I were to perform a Fresh XP Install on My system... installing XP
and getting it up to date and completed, working fine, nothing else.
Desktop established, shortcuts etc etc no extra sofware, then took a
Ghost or Acronis backup - sent it on to them.. and they do a ghost or
acronis reload - whats the potential "problems" if any?
I'd of course delete my 'net login, ~ they'd need to set there one up,
plus outlook express.
Am I right in assuming due to it installing on My system and My
configuration(hardware), when it was first booted up on There system -
it'd auto detect THEIR hardware (modem/screen etc ) and it'd be a case
of~ "windows has detected new hardware and is installing
drivers....."
and all would be Ok - they could even go into the "System"-"Device
Manager" and remove any reference to hardware on My system, and apart
from that it'd be as though they'd had a succesfull install on their
own system ~ just me having done it here and sending to them.?
Not considering any "legal" issues! they DO have a legal XP disk -
just having lack of "how to install" knowledge!
Am I overlooking anything?
thanks.

Even if you could, you're opening yourself for a world of hurt, blame,
recriminations, abuse, and possible legal action.

In a worst case scenario, she'll hire a hit man to kill you because intimate
photos of her cat's third birthday party disappeared.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

the scenario is:
friend is having a hard time reinstalling XP, for whatever reason it's
not going as expected, not being nearby I can't assist - but thought
of a kinda "fix"...
IF I were to perform a Fresh XP Install on My system... installing XP
and getting it up to date and completed, working fine, nothing else.
Desktop established, shortcuts etc etc no extra sofware, then took a
Ghost or Acronis backup - sent it on to them.. and they do a ghost or
acronis reload - whats the potential "problems" if any?

Well, your friend would, at the very least, have to first perform a
repair installation, so it'd be kinda pointless. It'd be beerter for
your friend to first fix whatever hardware problems are preventing his
installation.

I'd of course delete my 'net login, ~ they'd need to set there one up,
plus outlook express.
Am I right in assuming due to it installing on My system and My
configuration(hardware), when it was first booted up on There system -
it'd auto detect THEIR hardware (modem/screen etc ) and it'd be a case
of~ "windows has detected new hardware and is installing
drivers....."
and all would be Ok -

No, it wouldn't work that way unless the two computers were close to
identical, hardware-wise.

Am I overlooking anything?
thanks.

Yes. You're not addressing the hardware problems that are the source
of your friend's troubles.


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[Andy]

If you try this, do not install any hardware drivers. Just provide the
drivers in a folder for the destination PC and instructions on the
order of installation.

 

[philo]

Pretty confident the PC IS ok - relatively new. (under 12Mth)
hardware also - should be fairly close - hers be a little newer and
higher spec'd.
Was initially corrupted by virus, though I don't have details.
Not sure what caused the XP reinstall to fail - suspecting just not
all steps followed
correctly.
Aaah well... maybe it wouldn't be a quick solution after all - would
love to give it a try and 'see what takes place! ~ sure can't make it
amy worse than it is now, but really I'd prefer to be there to See it!
(and be able to see what might need amending!)

The age of the machine means nothing...
the chispet really needs to be identical...

Besides...if the machine cannot load XP during setup...
you need to find what the real problem is