Re: Creating XP Images

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Actually changing the MB was straight forward (close to a one to one
replacement), but I figured I would still have to reinstall XP to make
everything work. To make a long story short, After changing the MB, I
checked the bios to make sure it was setup correctly, then did a normal
boot.. XP moaned and groaned for about 5 minutes, but after that it came
back and said it had found all it needed and needed to reboot for everything
to work.

It has never blinked since. Love XP

"Bert Kinney" <bert@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Looking over the following article, it look like it could be complicated.
>
> Changing a Motherboard
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
>
> Jerry wrote:
>> I use Ghost 2003 religiously LOL and I don't think you
>> will get what you want. One of two things will happen.
>> 1. It will NOT work at all or
>> 2. XP will find what it needs <after the new image is
>> implemented> and will need to be rebooted. This is what
>> happen to me when I had to replace my MB. Isn't XP
>> wonderful.
>> I suspect it would be easier in the long run to make an
>> image of each pc.
>> "Bert Kinney" <bert@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ezBNMw9kFHA.3656@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi Erik,
>>>
>>> You will need to do a repair install on each system that
>>> presents problems.
>>> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install by Michael
>>> Stevens MS-MVP:
>>> http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm --
>>> Regards,
>>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>>
>>>
>>> erenner wrote:
>>>> I would like to create an XP image using Norton Ghost
>>>> for deployment over several workstation computers. These computers have
>>>> different hardware in them. Is
>>>> there an easy way to do this. If I create an image on
>>>> one machine (with certain hardware components), and
>>>> then try to use this image on a different machine (with
>>>> different hardware components)...will this work? I
>>>> have had some issues doing this already. Is there a
>>>> way to do this? I hope someone can help me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Erik
>
>


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