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echo: nthelp
to: Robert Comer
from: Ellen K
date: 2003-05-08 18:49:16
subject: Re: dumb question re box cloning

Yeah, it's weird to only have one here.  At Kaiser I had two in my office
and eight in my lab.   I have no lab here and one box in my cube.

> From: "Robert Comer" 
> It's always nice to have a second box...
> - Bob Comer
> "Ellen K"  wrote in message
> news:1092bd.a69ae3{at}harborwebs.com...
>> Well, the helpdesk guys are gonna do whatever gets done, so I'm thinking
> maybe
>> discretion is the better part of valor, i.e. take the new one as box #2.
>> 
>> > From: "Robert Comer" 
>> > I may have been a bit to negative -- I usually just go ahead
and install
>> > new, but I have done it the other way too.  I usually get a more stable
>> > install fresh, that's all.
>> > - Bob Comer
>> > "Ellen K"  wrote in message
>> > news:4092a1.a58d61{at}harborwebs.com...
>> >> , ok, thanks.  Maybe I'll try to get a better
box as my box #2
> and
>> > just
>> >> leave this one alone (except for maybe adding a second hard drive).
>> >>
>> >> > From: "Robert Comer" 
>> >> > If it's different hardware it's better to reinstall.
>> >> > It's possible to clone it, but it would probably
cause more problems
>> > than it
>> >> > solved for you.
>> >> > - Bob Comer
>> >> > "Ellen K" 
wrote in message
>> >> > news:709242.a27af4{at}harborwebs.com...
>> >> >> OK, hardware-challenged Ellen here:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I want them to give me a better box here.  Is it
possible to clone
> over
>> >> > exactly
>> >> >> what's on this one if the new box has a faster
chip and a bigger
> hard
>> >> > drive, or
>> >> >> do I hafta reinstall and reconfigure everything
from scratch?
>> > Currently
>> >> > have
>> >> >> W2Ksp3 and new box would also.
>> >> >>

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