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Need a quick answer on a XP install issue

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Phoenix15

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I have a customer that just lost a hard drive. I have the replacement and would like to do everything I can before I show up ath her house. Has anyone ever installed XP fully on a drive then moved it to another computer? Did it function ok? I would like to be in and out of there as soon as possible. THe other idea I had was to do everything up to the hardware detection in a computer here, and then just pop it in hers and let it continue the setup. Anyone have a idea if either of these will work, or have any other ideas?
 
Originally posted by: Phoenix15
I have a customer that just lost a hard drive. I have the replacement and would like to do everything I can before I show up ath her house. Has anyone ever installed XP fully on a drive then moved it to another computer? Did it function ok? I would like to be in and out of there as soon as possible. THe other idea I had was to do everything up to the hardware detection in a computer here, and then just pop it in hers and let it continue the setup. Anyone have a idea if either of these will work, or have any other ideas?
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You might be able to go through the initial install of XP via the DOS-like window and interface. Then, once it copies all of the files and reboots you could shut down the computer, take the drive over to her place and plug it in. I'm not sure if it would work or not. It depends on when it sets the type of computer, i.e. ACPI. If it does that during the initial install, you're going to have to do it all at her place.
 
I think you'd have better luck with something like Ghost (norton?...symantec?...I forget). A friend of mine has a small drive with a fresh XP-SP1 install on it that he uses with ghost whenever he formats a new drive or does a reinstall on his rigs. Works like a champ.
 
I have changed a large amount of hardware at once before on an WinXP box.

If you disable all of the peripherals in the hardware manager before shutting down, the OS will then auto-detect them on reboot in the new system.
 
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