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Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:33:21 -0700
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	"J R FOX" <jr_fox@pacbell.net > ,
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: peer and WinXP

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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:35:54 -0700, J R FOX wrote:

> Acronis has a
>(possibly) more powerful product called 'Migrate
>Easy', or something like that, which is intended to
>transplant installed Win-32 between different
>machines, but I can't personally vouch for it yet.

Actually, Jordan, the way I read the FAQ on that Acronis product, I don't think it allows
you to transfer your system to new hardware (new motherboard, for example). It simply
allows you to transfer your system to a new hard drive. I believe that you have to install
a second (newer and bigger) hard drive and "Migrate Easy" will take it from there.

After my tedious experience with my daughter's PC, I just happened to go back to the
Acronis website and pull up the FAQ on True Image Home 9.0. The last question in the
FAQ asks the following:

How can I prepare my Windows NT, XP or 2000 system for cloning/migrating it
to different hardware?

The answer involves using the True Image Rescue CD and the "Microsoft Preparation
tool":

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3e90dc91-ac56-4
665-949b-beda3080e0f6&displaylang=en

I've since downloaded the Microsoft tool. I'm going to use it and True Image, when I
update my Windows computer to new hardware. I hope it works as advertised.

I'm pretty impressed with True Image. I've used the Rescue CD a couple of times to
fully restore a Windows system from a backup stored on another hard drive. The CD
loads a Linux version of True Image. From there you can search for and find the
desired backup and restore it. You can even use a backup stored on a networked
shared hard drive/folder. The restore operation with the CD takes about 5 to 15 minutes,
depending on the size of your backup. After the restore operation has completed, you
simply reboot your (now) restored system.

I would rate the True Image restore system as equivalent to the combination of the
bootAble CD + BackAgain/2000. It's that good.
HCM

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