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Willy
PA, Whom was this directed? I didn't write the post relating to
"............sister...................."
"............sister...................."
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PA Bear [MS MVP]
Did I quote your post? No.
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Daave
Another limitation of top-posting IMHO (since we tend to ignore the
history as it is further down in the post). But since that is the
pattern in this sub-thread, I will keep it consistent.
Willy, look at the end of this post (and the attributions more
carefully). PA Bear was replying to Kevin, not you. It only appears he
is replying to himself (!) when you and I look at the thread outline
since apparently both of us have placed Kevin in our killfiles.
history as it is further down in the post). But since that is the
pattern in this sub-thread, I will keep it consistent.
Willy, look at the end of this post (and the attributions more
carefully). PA Bear was replying to Kevin, not you. It only appears he
is replying to himself (!) when you and I look at the thread outline
since apparently both of us have placed Kevin in our killfiles.
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Willy
Sorry PA Bear, but I assumed since it fell under my original post, it was
meant for me.
Merry Christmas............Willy
meant for me.
Merry Christmas............Willy
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Shenan Stanley
Nil said:
Different machines over 9 years.
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HeyBub
Doum said:
Which is why IBM ultimately failed in the PC market. Remember when PCs were
called IBM-PCs?
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Nil
Still... if a method were unsuccessful, I would think one would abandon
it and try something else. What's that definition of "neurosis",
something about repeating one's actions, hoping in vain for a different
result?
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Shenan Stanley
<snip>
No.
I'm sorry you are having trouble understanding.
It's simple - what doesn't work more often than not is a straight trade of
hard disk drive to the new machine or of the disk image. What does fix it
usually (rarely does it not) is the repair installation of Windows XP. This
is what I have seen. In all those times I usually do boot once (either on
purpose or sometimes accidentally) and see what happens - often a
bluescreen, sometimes boot and I can sometimes properly shut-down to do the
repair install - sometimes I cannot (although it still does a repair
install - actually an 'in-place upgrade' - just fine.) That's why I can
give my experience on many machines like that.
*shrug*
I see no reason to waste the time hoping it might boot and continue to work
without the repair installation. Even if it *seemingly* works - the HAL may
not be 100% correct and it *may* cause problems in the future.
It's called making the customer happy. I even changed the product key to
their new product key when necessary. Their look and feel and all of their
stuff was still there - just faster and with all the proper drivers and
underlying install for sure in place - not 'maybe' or 'just working' - but
for sure.
I'd say a greater than 99% success rate is worth the extra few minutes it
takes to do a repair installation over just hoping it works and then living
with the possible future consequences (may never come, but the chance is
there) if it happens to 'work' without the repair installation. Maybe
that's just me and those I have done work for/with/etc. ;-)
Have good Christmas and a happy New Year, Nil.
Shenan said:
No.
I'm sorry you are having trouble understanding.
It's simple - what doesn't work more often than not is a straight trade of
hard disk drive to the new machine or of the disk image. What does fix it
usually (rarely does it not) is the repair installation of Windows XP. This
is what I have seen. In all those times I usually do boot once (either on
purpose or sometimes accidentally) and see what happens - often a
bluescreen, sometimes boot and I can sometimes properly shut-down to do the
repair install - sometimes I cannot (although it still does a repair
install - actually an 'in-place upgrade' - just fine.) That's why I can
give my experience on many machines like that.
*shrug*
I see no reason to waste the time hoping it might boot and continue to work
without the repair installation. Even if it *seemingly* works - the HAL may
not be 100% correct and it *may* cause problems in the future.
It's called making the customer happy. I even changed the product key to
their new product key when necessary. Their look and feel and all of their
stuff was still there - just faster and with all the proper drivers and
underlying install for sure in place - not 'maybe' or 'just working' - but
for sure.
I'd say a greater than 99% success rate is worth the extra few minutes it
takes to do a repair installation over just hoping it works and then living
with the possible future consequences (may never come, but the chance is
there) if it happens to 'work' without the repair installation. Maybe
that's just me and those I have done work for/with/etc. ;-)
Have good Christmas and a happy New Year, Nil.
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Nil
No need to be sorry, I understand what you're saying, and I don't
disagree. But my experience has been different. I've had pretty good
luck restoring an image of one XP system to a different system. It has
worked more often than not, by a slight margin. If it boots up I will
usually re-install sound and display drivers and check the Device List
and logs for anything that might be malfunctioning. Once the hardware
seems to be responding properly, I don't find a repair install to be
necessary.