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I'm going to be moving my Win98 system to a much faster computer. It's
another IBM machine, with similar Intel Processor and chipset, but
rather than being 1.0Ghz, it's 3.0 ghz. This out to make Win98 run
really fast.
Anyhow, I know I can just transfer the Win98 harddrive to the new
system, install a few drivers and it will run. (I've done this many
times with Win98). But my current system has Win2000 dual boot. The D:
partition is for Win2K. I'm not sure how that will transfer over. I've
never moved it before to another computer. So, I'm prepared to
reinstall it, which is no big deal since I dont have many programs
installed, and all my personal files can be gotten from Win98. (I
mostly just use Win2K for USB transfers to my ext. HDDs that Win98 can
not access).
Getting to the XP part of this message, I'm considering replacing Win2K
with XP. All I really need to do is more a few eprsonal folders from D:
to another partition, and reformat D:, which will wipe off Win2K. Then,
of course, edit boot.ini to remove the dual boot. Once this is dont, a
person would normally install XP onto drive D: and as the secondary OS.
I know that XP *MUST* be installed AFTER Win98 is installed. I dont
think there is another way.
But this is where I'm checking out the possibility of doing something
unusual. This computer which I will be using, was semi-home built. I'm
transporting the motherboard from another working system, which came
with a hard drive containing a fresh install of XP. (which was drive
C
. (so it's matched to the motherboard).
Would it be possible to clone the XP files to my drive D:, manuallty
modify boot.ini, and thus have WinXP operate correctly as my dual boot?
Yes, I am aware that all programs in "Program Files" will need to have
their location changed from C: to D:, which may take some time, but
isn't hard to do. But I'm wondering if there will be other issues?
Normally, I'd just reinstall, but the present XP installation is for XP
Pro. I dont have an XP Pro install CD. The COA is also for XP-Pro.
Plus, I know all the drivers for this motherboard are already there, so
I dont have to hunt around to get all of them online. Therefore, it
seems like it would make more sense to try to transplant the whole
installation to drive D:.
I do have XP home, CD, but that wont work with this COA and I'll be
lacking the drivers.
Thanks
another IBM machine, with similar Intel Processor and chipset, but
rather than being 1.0Ghz, it's 3.0 ghz. This out to make Win98 run
really fast.
Anyhow, I know I can just transfer the Win98 harddrive to the new
system, install a few drivers and it will run. (I've done this many
times with Win98). But my current system has Win2000 dual boot. The D:
partition is for Win2K. I'm not sure how that will transfer over. I've
never moved it before to another computer. So, I'm prepared to
reinstall it, which is no big deal since I dont have many programs
installed, and all my personal files can be gotten from Win98. (I
mostly just use Win2K for USB transfers to my ext. HDDs that Win98 can
not access).
Getting to the XP part of this message, I'm considering replacing Win2K
with XP. All I really need to do is more a few eprsonal folders from D:
to another partition, and reformat D:, which will wipe off Win2K. Then,
of course, edit boot.ini to remove the dual boot. Once this is dont, a
person would normally install XP onto drive D: and as the secondary OS.
I know that XP *MUST* be installed AFTER Win98 is installed. I dont
think there is another way.
But this is where I'm checking out the possibility of doing something
unusual. This computer which I will be using, was semi-home built. I'm
transporting the motherboard from another working system, which came
with a hard drive containing a fresh install of XP. (which was drive
C

Would it be possible to clone the XP files to my drive D:, manuallty
modify boot.ini, and thus have WinXP operate correctly as my dual boot?
Yes, I am aware that all programs in "Program Files" will need to have
their location changed from C: to D:, which may take some time, but
isn't hard to do. But I'm wondering if there will be other issues?
Normally, I'd just reinstall, but the present XP installation is for XP
Pro. I dont have an XP Pro install CD. The COA is also for XP-Pro.
Plus, I know all the drivers for this motherboard are already there, so
I dont have to hunt around to get all of them online. Therefore, it
seems like it would make more sense to try to transplant the whole
installation to drive D:.
I do have XP home, CD, but that wont work with this COA and I'll be
lacking the drivers.
Thanks