Re: Clone Desktop to Laptop



"jimbo" wrote:

LatG wrote:
LatG wrote:

Thank you Carey. I'll sleep much better tonight.
When should I connect the external drive to the laptop ... before boot, or
sometime later?


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:



Your plan will work provided you perform a
"Repair Install" using the Dell Windows XP
Home Edition Reinstallation CD and Dell
Product Key. You must make sure to tell
Dell that you want the Dell Windows XP
Home Edition Reinstallation CD included
with your Dell laptop order.

How to Perform a Repair Install of Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"LatG" wrote:

| I have a Windows XP Home desktop, SP2. I need to clone it on a laptop I plan
| to purchase (Dell Inspiron). Before I purchase, I need some assurance that
| my plan will work. Here's the plan:
|
| Clone the C: drive of desktop using Drive Image. Put this clone on an
| external USB hard drive.
|
| Boot the laptop to its XP installation CD and run a repair installation of
| the cloned image on the laptop. (I'm unclear on how I do this. Do I have the
| external drive connected at the time of boot, or later?)
|
| Activate windows XP on the laptop with the original Dell laptop CD.
|
| 1) Will this work?
| 2) Will Microsoft approve activation?
| 3) How will I accomplish activation?
| 4) Should I order The Dell laptop with XP Home or Pro?



Well, I think you need to clone the "clone' you have on the USB hard
drive to the Dell laptop hard drive. Then boot the XP installation CD
and do the repair installation.

You better order the Dell with XP Home if that is what you now have on
the desktop.

Good luck, jimbo


Jimbo, (& anyone interested)

I see more than one option for doing this:
1) A- (This assumes I have Drive Image installed on the laptop) Do a "Drive
Restore" from the external hard drive to laptop drive C: B- Attampt to boot
the laptop from the C: drive C- Run the Dell system repair.

2) A- (This assumes I have Drive Image installed on the laptop) Do a "Drive
Restore" from the external hard drive to laptop drive C: B- Shut down laptop
C- Boot laptop to the Dell installation CD & run repair.

3) ???




Let's start over. Get one of those adapters that allow you to connect
a laptop HD to the external HD enclosure. (They cost about $15.) Now
clone your desktop HD directly to the laptop HD. Then boot the laptop
with the WinXP installation CD and do a repair installation.

Good luck, jimbo

Jimbo,

This sounds great. I need help with details:
1) Is the adapter an enclosure for the laptop HD, a USB connecting cable, or
a stand-alone device that copies one drive to another?
2) If it's an enclosure that's connected to desktop HD via USB cable, which
computer drives it?
3) Can you describe the adapter in a way that allows me to Google it?

Please stay with me; I need help.



.

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