[CS-FSLUG] Hard Drive Cloning

[Frank Bax]

Fair enough.  But like I said - the backup disk will not likely work if the 
backup computer has different hardware from the original.  Three or more 
hardware differences (motherboard, cpu, etc) and WinXP will *NOT* 
boot.  You will have better luck moving the original hard disk (not the 
clone), since that will be one *less* hardware change.  I know a guy who 
said he tested this himself.  He made one or two hardware changes and WinXP 
still booted; make three hardware changes and system did not boot up.

Also, if your WinXP came preloaded on the system, then the license does not 
allow transfer to another machine - even if hardware is the same and it 
"works".  If you bought a full retail version, then you can transfer the 
license (assuming you can make it work).



At 06:58 PM 3/19/06, Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:

>No, I want to clone it so it COULD be used in another...or this
>computer.  It will be a backup in case this computer crashes.  If this
>one dies totally and I have to replace it with a new one and put in
>the backup clone, that would not be a violation of any rules.
>Currently I am thinking of replacing this computer and when I do this
>HD will be clean when I dispose of it.
>
>On 3/19/06, Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > At 03:24 PM 3/19/06, Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:
> > >I want to clone the 80GB drive in my wifes XP machine.  I have two
> > >80GB drives in it now and they are both recognised by XP.  C: is the
> > >boot drive.  I want to clone C: to D: so that it can be used as the
> > >boot drive in another computer.
> >
> >
> > I must be misreading something here.  You want to clone the WINXP boot
> > drive, then use the clone in another system?  Doesn't that violate
> > EULA?  Besides, unless the two computers have nearly identical hardware, it
> > won't work anyway.
> >
> >
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