Re: laptop to laptop copy without a desktop

My local Goodwill store sells used desktop computers that would do the
job I have described for about $20 each, exclusive of keyboard and monitor.
Those items sell together for about another $10 at the same store.
My Ghost 2003 documentation warns about trying to clone a HDD for use
on a machine with different hardware, the files and operating system may all
be copied fine, but the new machine may still not boot if the old machine's
parameters aren't a good match. When you use Ghost, you will still need
some kind of access to another HDD partition to store the image files on.
If you have enough space on your existing HDD, I suppose you could
re-partition it to create a new partition for the Ghost image files. If you
don't do that, it sounds like your only alternatives would be to send the
image files over an Ethernet TCP/IP link or over the laptop's parallel port.
You shouldn't have to worry about XP not finding stuff on your parallet
port, because Ghost basically works outside of the XP system, and is an
operating system in its own right. I don't know if Ghost can access your
CD rewriter over a parallel port, I guess you will find out shortly.
There is a web page with some info about Ghost 2003 here:
http://www.gmayor.com/Norton_Ghost.htm#Top
"Joseph Fenn" <jfenn@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Pine.BSI.4.61.0508251942500.28631@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, ArtFD wrote:
>
>> Another option is to remove the drive, use a 2.5" HDD to IDE adaptor to
>> connect the laptops' HDD directly to an IDE port on a desktop. This is
>> an
>> extremely rapid method of transfer, and works without using USB. This
>> same
>> method can be used for creating an image of a laptop HDD in case of a HDD
>> crash, with a utility such as Norton Ghost.
>> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:430E2AC8.8020007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> If the computer is a 420CDT, which I think it might be, it's so old it
>>> doesn't have USB or cardbus. In that case, the best option is to remove
>>> the drive and use one a USB to IDE solution
>
> Sorry Art,
> I dont have no desktop and only Ghost2002. Had to order Ghost2003
> and Ghost V9 by phone today. They come together as a package.
> They assured me on phone that V9 can handle XP/PRO but not my old
> Ghost 2002. I hate to start delving into the insides of a laptop.
> Its a nightmare inside these things. Even tho been a Ham for
> 70 years since highschool sophomore, at 85 I just cant hack it
> any more. I am beginning to detest Xp/pro as it cant find anything
> on the epp printer port other than the printer. Got a backpack
> external cd rewriter there but xp/pro has'nt found out yet about that.
> Joe/KH6JF
>


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