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Title: Move backup image to new PC
Post by dajudge on Apr 19^th, 2008 at 4:37pm

I have an HP computer with Windows XP. It came from the factory with an OEM version of XP installed on the C: drive, and a Recovery partition on the D: drive containing the version of XP installed on the C: drive. I do not have a Windows installation CD. It is my understanding that if I get a new computer, I will not be able to move or install my XP version to the new computer. I have Ghost 9.0, and have had no trouble making a backup image of my hard drive to an external drive and in restoring that image to the C: drive. Is there any reason why I could not use my Norton Ghost to restore the backup image on my external drive to a new computer? Thank you

Title: Re: Move backup image to new PC
Post by Ajay on Apr 20^th, 2008 at 11:14am

Hi dajudge,

Greetings!!!

If you have a valid image on the external drive boot the computer with the symantec recovery disk(SRD) and then you can recover.

Try this out:
KB title : How to restore a drive using the recovery environment
Document ID: 2004072822094462
Last Modified: 03/19/2008

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/powerquest.nsf/0/c41113a0d4e51bbf88256ee0001c5b55?OpenDocument&seg=hm&lg=en&ct=us

Post us if any

Title: Re: Move backup image to new PC
Post by Rad on Apr 20^th, 2008 at 11:23am

Hi.

There are many threads which address this. I am trying to find some of the better ones. Not sure if Ghost 9 is up to the job. Maybe Ghost 12 or 14 would be better.

http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1207583695/8#8

http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1190053581/20#20

http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1201124695

http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1136486359

keywords to search for would be: ghost hardware different restore

Doh! Ajay beat me to it. He must have the faster fingers.

Title: Re: Move backup image to new PC
Post by Pleonasm on Apr 20^th, 2008 at 4:23pm

Dajudge, I do not believe that this is a technical problem, but a licensing issue. My understanding is that an OEM copy of Windows XP cannot be installed on a PC other than the one on which it was originally installed by the manufacturer.

Title: Re: Move backup image to new PC
Post by dajudge on Apr 20^th, 2008 at 4:34pm

I want to thank everyone who replied to my query. Your comments were most helpful, and I learned a great deal.

Title: Re: Move backup image to new PC
Post by Ajay on Apr 21^st, 2008 at 6:27am

Hi dajudge,

Greetings!!!

Welcome always :)

Rad : thanks for the oppurtunity :)