Brian and To All
I've got my new system running again (see other post in other forum)--and I'm doing some testing and experimenting.
You may recall that I successfully used Ghost to transfer my WinXP OS and other partitions from a AMD based system to a Intel based system about two years ago. There were different chip sets and the old system had a Highpoint Raid controller and the new system had a Promise Raid controller. But, both systems were built around the same time period of 2002 and both RAID controllers used PATA HDDs !
I then did a *Repair Install* over the existing WinXP OS that was now on the new system--had to use F6 to add the Raid controller drivers--but, once done--I was up and running with all my old software and settings intact!
The *Repair Install* re-installed Internet Explorer 6 again--I had IE7 before the *Repair Install*--and I had to download and install all the Windows updates again--around 100 updates all together. Some minor settings for WinXP had to be redone--but, again nothing major.
Well, just as a test--I used Ghost to transfer an image of my old Intel system's HDD to the new system's HDD (the new system has mostly SATA controllers, but has one PATA IDE controller that supports two PATA HDDs)--booted until it reached the initial loading of drivers and then got a BSOD saying there were hardware conflicts.
Then did the *Repair Install* from the WinXP SP2 installation disc--now the boot went a little further and did the check of the various partitions for any *bad bit* setting--all partitions passed as *clean*, but then the system froze with a blinking cursor--no other activity or error messages--darn--had hoped for better!
Well, my old WinXP system had been updated to SP3--so my first question was--maybe I need an installation CD that is slipstreamed updated to WinXP SP3. Did some Googling and did not find anything about that--but did find this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964I had already upgraded to IE 8--and SP3--but I have no recall of which was installed first! And, I can't find anything that tells me if I uninstall IE 8--will I be back at IE 7, which I had prior to IE 8--and if so, if I uninstall IE 7 at that point--will I be back at IE 6???????? The other problem is--I can't be sure on my old system if it would boot and run long enough without freezing to do such an uninstall + uninstalling SP3 as well if needed!!!!
But, I don't think those issues are why the system wouldn't boot--looking at the KB--seems like they imply the system would boot--just would no longer have IE 6 functionality!!!
So, my question--I looked at the
TBOSDTS (TeraByte OS Deployment Tool Suite):
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/tbosdt.htm --and I know you have mentioned using this software--but, I can't find your thread--and I can't find a guide at TeraByte telling how to use this to transfer from one system to another--not even sure it's possible--can you tell me more?
Have to post this without proofing and have to go for now--I'll clean this up later if needed!
Thanks!