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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