On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:14:55 -0500, Seth Ackerman <sethia at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> thanks
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ravi" <gadfly at exitleft.org>
> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] computer question
>
> > Seth Ackerman wrote:
> > > Does anyone know what the standard procedure is for transfering the
> contents
> > > of your old computer's hard drive onto your new computer?
> > >
> >
> > there isn't one. depends on what your system (OS) is, what you want to
> > copy, etc.
> >
> > assuming you are running windows, one way is enable sharing (probably
> > control panel -> network settings), share your entire "C:" drive from
> > the source (old) machine, "map" (tools->map network drive, in windows
> > explorer) it (\\old-machine-name\C$) on the new machine (as another
> > drive, say F:). you can now browse through the drive and copy files you
> > want.
> >
> > in reality, you probably want your user data, in specific application
> > data. windows tends to distribute user data over quite a few places, so
> > this is a bit of a pain. if the source host is a newer windows system,
> > you can look in the "C:\Documents and Settings" directory, and perhaps
> > copy over user directories from there to the new host (be warned: i have
> > never done this stuff and i am not sure what the effects of over-writing
> > existing files may be).
> >
> > applications themselves will mostly need to be re-installed. OS
> > customizations, settings, add-ons, patches, etc are probably also better
> > off being manually repeated on the target host. in particular, copying
> > over the windows registry is probably dangerous.
> >
> > otoh, if you want your new computer to look exactly like your old, just
> > pop out the hard disk from the old and plonk it into the new (you may
> > need to set master/slave jumper settings to have your system boot off
> > the old disk).
> >
> > i hope this sketchy advice is of some use. thats about all i know of
> > windows...
> >
> > --ravi
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