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  1. September 18th, 2002, 10:37 AM #1
    Jim Simon
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    Question Ghost Image

    Can I backup an image in Ghost using W98 and restore it using WXP on new computer?

    TIA
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  2. September 18th, 2002, 12:34 PM #2
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    I don't think I understand your question....?
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  3. September 18th, 2002, 01:12 PM #3
    Jim Simon
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    I'm currently using W98, I'm getting a new computer with XP.
    I want to transfer the programs I'm now running to the new one.
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  4. September 18th, 2002, 02:40 PM #4
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    Exclamation

    you're going to have to re-install all your programs on the new XP system. If they're XP compatible.

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  6. September 18th, 2002, 03:08 PM #5
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    Can I put the programs on a CD and install that way?
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  7. September 18th, 2002, 06:51 PM #6
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    If you have the original install program you can.
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  8. September 18th, 2002, 06:57 PM #7
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    Thanks, I have most of them saved in a folder, will try it that way.
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  9. September 18th, 2002, 07:55 PM #8
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    With some programs you can back them up and restore them to a dir and they'll have all the necessary files to run. Others require that you run the setup.exe and need to place certain files(like .dll's) in their appropriate places(C:\Windows\system; registry, etc.) Good luck


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  11. September 18th, 2002, 08:04 PM #9
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    No. You must install the new OS and all desired programs from scratch.

    Any Windows 98 Ghost images will be of no use with Windows XP, unless you wish to revert back to Windows 98.
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  12. September 18th, 2002, 08:56 PM #10
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    Jim Simon,

    Take a look at Alohabob PCRelocator 4.0

    http://www.alohabob.com/default.asp

    This will do what you want to do - will transfer programs, settings, files, folders, registry settings required, etc. I have used it several times to migrate old (98) to new (XP). The only major requirement is that IE be identical on both the old OS & new OS (whether you use IE or not as browser).

    The good news is that Best Buy has it on sale this week for $39.99 with a $40 mail-in rebate (doesn't include sales tax), so almost free.

    It may not transfer all you want, but it will tell you that upfront when you run program. Is it perfect? - NO - but it sure beat reloading a bunch of stuff on new system. They supply a parallel cable for transfer (comes with the software), but this is slow. You can also transfer with USB crosslink cable & TCP/IP, both of which are very fast in comparison with parallel.
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  13. September 18th, 2002, 09:07 PM #11
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    I have CD's for the programs I bought so no problem there, I hope. The others are ones I downloaded and I have the downloads in a folder. From what I understand from the answers here I can transfer them to a CD and install them from that.

    I really appreciate all your answers.
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