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brewski

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	Different laptops Apr 4^th, 2007 at 8:54pm I've been asked to ghost an older laptop to a newer laptop. Laptop A (older): xp pro sp1 Laptop B (newer): xp pro sp2 Is it possible, without spending a few weeks, to grab the data and programs from laptop A and move them to laptop b using Ghost 10?? Thanks.
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Brian

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Re: Different laptops
Reply #1 - Apr 4^th, 2007 at 11:26pm

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Is it possible, without spending a few weeks, to grab the data and programs from laptop A and move them to laptop b using Ghost 10??

brewski,

It's a specialized task. Getting data off the first laptop using Windows Explorer is easy. Image/Restore may or may not work depending on the "difference" between the laptops.

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brewski

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	Re: Different laptops Reply #2 - Apr 5^th, 2007 at 5:41am Thanks Brian, that was my thought, too. When "ghosting" the drive was orgininally suggested I thought it was a great idea. Then I saw the two laptops were entirely different and figured it would not be possible, at least in a manner that is would actually be a time saver.
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John.

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Re: Different laptops
Reply #3 - Apr 5^th, 2007 at 11:27am

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Thanks Brian, that was my thought, too. When "ghosting" the drive was orgininally suggested I thought it was a great idea. Then I saw the two laptops were entirely different and figured it would not be possible, at least in a manner that is would actually be a time saver.

Because you are creating an exact image of the original hard drive with Ghost, think of your question like this: "Can I take the hard drive out of my Dell laptop and put it in a Sony laptop and expect it to work?" No.

Actually most manufacturers do not allow you to replace your pc motherboard with a different brand, and the bios code prohibits it. For example, if your Dell desktop motherboard dies, you can't put a new Asus or other brand motherboard in and get it to work. Note, if you have a retail box version of Windows XP you can do that, but not without a lot of work and/or reformatting and reinstalling.

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