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Number   :  124
Date     :  2001-05-31
Author   :  Burris Millstone
Subject  :  Re: Some More Questions..
Size(KB) :  4


--- In xxcopy@y..., james sadler  wrote:
> 
> --- Michael Marquart  wrote:
> > >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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> > Is there some great reason that you could not
> network the two machines and find greater use and
> bennefit than if you make one a clone of the other?
> You really might consider going to the pull out
> hard drives trays. That way when you switch trays you
> are really starting up an entirely different computer.
> If you are doing that with one of the computers
> networked to the other the combinations could be
> awesome. 
> > 
>James...thanks for your reply.
Perhaps I should explain my set up, as you opened up some interesting 
thoughts.
I am basically a home user. I have a Linksys/All_aboard internet/file 
sharing system on both machines, the second of which now ME. After I 
install my new 98SE and get it set up, I propose to xxcopy/clone the 
entire HDD over to the ME and also make it a 98SE. I can temporarily 
install the HDD from my machine to do this, unless I could first 
change the ME to 98SE and then clone it over the network. 
I currently have a second HDD in my machine, to which I keep cloned 
with xxcopy from my main HDD. My purpose being that of backup. If my 
primary HDD crashes, I can either pull the power plug or change the 
connector and by making that HDD active, I should be back in business.
I just bought a new PC, also with 98SE, my choice, and wanted to 
install my existing primary HDD as a second HDD in the new machine and 
xxcopy my existing programs intact, and since the OS is the same, 
maybe not mess up too many drivers or DLLs in the process.
Kan explained the hazards of doing this.
In your comments, are you talking about using my network/lan to do 
this? After the initial cloning, I intended to use the HDD as a backup 
as I explained above.

thanks...burris
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