If this happens, the helpdesk guys are supposed to do it, not me.  So if it
happens, I will pass on your comments.  Don't know whether they're gonna
wanna spend that kind of time...  :(

> Hello janel!
> 03 May 03 09:05, you wrote to Ellen K:
>>> 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.
>>> 
>> Probably.  I've been doing it with ThinkPads for years.
> Um er..
> Not necessarily.
> If she is talking installed programs and settings.. (??????)
> Norton Ghost, Drive Image, or PC Relocator
>Can be used to clone the original system drive onto the new system drive which
> she says is also larger in capacity.
> She will then have to do a repair/reinstall of Win2k over that setup as to
>accomodate the newer hardware (CPU/Mainboard and such) as the registry would b
> expecting the old hardware, then she simply re-applies all the service packs
> and hot/quick fixes. When she finishes this up, everything, her installed
> programs and settings will remain intact. She may have to do some tweaking of
> her programs if they were accessing a particular piece of hardware, like for
>example a FAX program that was using the modem on COM1, but the modem is now o
> COM2, that sort of thing.
> ==
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