Re: any 'problems' in cloning one system to another?


"neutrino" <stuartr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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


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