Moving from an ABIT KD7A MB to a ASUS P5NSLI MB

[W. Watson]

I'm about to start building a new PC with an ASUS MB (SATA/PCI, PCIe, IDE,
etc.) from the remnants of a PC with an ABIT MB (IDE/PCI). The old PC has
W2K installed on its C-drive. I've been told it might be possible to do a
transfer of the OS, apps and data from the old PC to the new PC using
something like Norton Ghost or Achron (sp?). I would mount the old (IDE) HD
as the D-drive, and the new SATA drive as the C-drive. Is that true? I would
expect to have to find new drivers. Is that pretty much it? Where would I
get the drivers and how would I know which to find? Is W2K going to tell me
when I try to boot up on the new system?

It's tempting to do this if it would work, but my old PC has about 6-10 apps
to re-install. It may take a few hours to install, and some time to scrape
up data files. Suggestions?
--
Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)

Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>

 

[W. Watson]

Re: Moving [Software/Ghost] from an ABIT KD7A MB to a ASUS P5NSLIMB

Subject sound a little too hardware-ish I guess.

W. Watson wrote:
> I'm about to start building a new PC with an ASUS MB (SATA/PCI, PCIe,
> IDE, etc.) from the remnants of a PC with an ABIT MB (IDE/PCI). The old
> PC has W2K installed on its C-drive. I've been told it might be possible
> to do a transfer of the OS, apps and data from the old PC to the new PC
> using something like Norton Ghost or Achron (sp?). I would mount the old
> (IDE) HD as the D-drive, and the new SATA drive as the C-drive. Is that
> true? I would expect to have to find new drivers. Is that pretty much
> it? Where would I get the drivers and how would I know which to find? Is
> W2K going to tell me when I try to boot up on the new system?
>
> It's tempting to do this if it would work, but my old PC has about 6-10
> apps to re-install. It may take a few hours to install, and some time to
> scrape up data files. Suggestions?

--
Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)

Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>