"Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
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> "Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Murgi wrote:
> > > I wonder whether there is somewhere a list on the Internet which
> > > would tell users where changes are needed, otherwise one runs into
> > > unnecessary problems. Only those who love fiddling with an OS are
> > > happy campers.:-)
> >
> > Probably the only reliable thing to do is to make an image of your
system,
> > and copy it over to your new computer. Of course that brings along its
own
> > problems...
> >
>
> That's what I just did with TrueImage from Acronis. Works 100% accurate!
>

Using partition images is fine and dandy - but whenever I'm undertaking a
fresh XP installation it's usually because my existing one has become so
bloated with unnecessary files - especially codecs and memory resident
applications - that my P4 2.6 1gig RAM 300gigs internal workstation starts
behaving like my PII450 server.  In that situation I don't WANT an image of
the installation.  I want a fresh installation.

True - I have experimented with making an 'image' of a fresh 'everything
updated and fixed' installation and using that file.  But of course it's
usually a few months old when you come to use it. You still need copy over
all your mail and favorites settings.  Plus any other new programs that have
been added since your 'image' was taken not forgetting a trip to the Widoze
Update page.  Ahhh..pass me a bootable CD, an external USB 2.0 drive and the
newspaper...I'll be done in an hour..

--
jonathan