kainoa Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 The co i work for feeds me a new machine about every 8 mos. But every time i get a new one, i have to go through the joys/hassles of migrating all my settings and stuff. I currently dont use any migration software, i sort through my drive and copy everything over the lan. I was just wondering what method do you guys use to migrate. I have a window in my schedule so I gotta do it this afternoon. Thanks for any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 If its the same platform (MPX drivers, VIA drivers...) you can ghost your machine, and have it imaged to the new machine just the way it is. Usually thats not the case when you upgrade (upgrade means you moved to something new, right?). I would just reinstall everything - looks like the safest way, and manually save your apps settings, favourits, mail settings and so one. However, I just have to ask: Every 8 months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainoa Posted April 2, 2003 Author Share Posted April 2, 2003 Thanks for the reply. I allready started to copy everything over manually though. And yes, every 8 months or so. We have about 80 machines in the office and still have a handfull of older ones left. However graphics/draftsmen always req the better/newer machines, so our old ones get trickled down to the engineers, planners, arch, and admin. Not quite sure if that's the best way to handle things, but im not in charge of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 If its a new machine, you should wipe its drive, and reinstall from scratch. Copying old win2k/winnt installs to a new machine is a horrible thing to do...just horrible....oh man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainoa Posted April 2, 2003 Author Share Posted April 2, 2003 Of course. I would never imagine doing that. Im just copying settings and configs. The OS and apps are all cleanly installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 Every 8 months is pretty quick... Here's what I'd do. Invest in an external firewire Drive (or USB2.0). Create a briefcase file, or invest in a autobackup solution, which allows you to instantly backup (well not instantly) settings and files for a variety of apps. Also invest in a DVDRW burner. 4.3 gigs holds alot of settings files/mail. You could also considering buying a non Dell/Gateway machine, and invest in either boxxtech, or alienware instead, purchasing a system that you can UPGRADE in 8 months, instead of completely replacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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