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Number   :  121
Date     :  2001-05-31
Author   :  Michael Marquart
Subject  :  Re: Some More Questions..
Size(KB) :  1


>Kan...thank you for your reply...sorry I mis-spelled your first name.
>
>You explained some issues that I had not understood, and some that I 
>did.
>The driver issue still lingers....if I clone from my second HDD to my 
>new HDD, which will have different drivers, due to different sound, 
>video, etc., will I wipe out the new drivers and DLLs, or do I have 
>the option of simply appending everything to the new HDD?
>In other words, if I copy/clone 123.vxd to the new HDD that has and 
>requires 456.vxd for a function, will it overwrite, and if if just 
>adds it, I suppose the necessary driver still remains and will work 
>properly. 
>To re-phrase it, if I clone the old to the new HDD, assuming I have 
>enough adequate space, what can I lose besides some storage space?
>Will the old registry negate the new registry and mess up anything 
>that comes on the new HDD?

Yes. The registry contains the list of hardware installed and pointers to the
appropriate drivers - copying the registry will replace the list of hardware
etc on the new machine, requiring the reloading of hardware drivers. 
Plug and Play IRQ assignments will also change, though this isn't a real
problem unless you have legacy (ISA) hardware as well.

If the intent is to duplicate the old installation (which is running well)
then the most expedient method might be to clone/mirror the original HDD onto
the new HDD and then reload the specific hardware drivers on the new machine.

Keeping the two machines mirrored and up to date using any software, not just
xxcopy, would be problematic in my eyes, and apart from the initial
installation I would not attempt it.

Michael


>Although I have a comfort level with PCs, these issues are a bit 
>beyond me.
>
>thanks....burris
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