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I wouldn't suggest the use of a partition copy program if you're switching to a system with a different architecture... and what i mean by that is a system with different components that communicate with the hard drive, chips and such...
I've run into problems with windows platforms where if the partition is not created ON the system that you're using it on, you can get errors sometimes on the screen about disc read errors when the computer tries to start... basically it won't start, and sometimes it says something like "incorrect drive geometry" or something like that.
And if that weren't enough... windows itself will not be able to understand the new system configuration that it's living inside, once it DOES start... because any and all device drivers, which INCLUDE components on the system motherboard from the previous system, will be WRONG... and furthermore NONE of the right drivers for the new system will be there at all...
Long story short... windows might not even start and give you a blue screen of death even if you didn't get any drive partition errors...
also...
If you're getting a newer laptop and it comes with VISTA, you might be facing the fact that the manufacturer of the laptop decided NOT to create any drivers for windows XP, in effect not supporting XP anymore on their platform, in which case if you're bring over an XP copy to it, you will not ever be able to use most of your devices, such as sound, camera, video might not display correctly, ETC. I've run into this with SONY and HP from time to time... they don't even have drivers for XP on their websites so users can't "downgrade" to XP...
LASTLY you will be copying any registry errors and viruses/adware/spyware that you currently have... if you have any...
so the rumored "convenience" of copying your partition and being done with it is really not worth the trouble.
I would suggest to you that... you remove the 60GB drive from the old laptop, and buy an external hard drive case for it... such as the one in my link... and what this will allow you to do is copy the files and folders over to the new laptop as easy as clicking and dragging them.
I will suggest that you REMOVE any password protection you have on your user account in windows BEFORE you remove the old hard drive from the old laptop because sometimes a password makes it difficult to move files around. This can be done in the USERS section of the control panel.
If you've got file encryption on any files, turn it off as well.
SO...
you should also be aware that you WILL NOT be able to copy and paste any programs or applications onto the new system by using the external hard drive case copy method that I'm suggesting, because it just doesn't work like that.
Any programs you want will have to be reinstalled.
It sounds like a pain, i know, and it is, because I do it for a living...
but this way is the correct way to migrate to a new system and have it work perfectly the first time, without much fussing or errors.
Are you selling your old laptop?
If you remove the hard drive from it you can keep the hard drive in that external case i sugested and you can use it forever as a "dead storage backup device" in case anything happens to your new laptop.... you know?
put it in a box for a rainy day...
if you wanted to sell your old laptop without a hard drive or operating system on it, let me know, i'd be interested.
good luck... PM me with any more questions
-gavin
EXTERNAL LAPTOP HARD DRIVE CASE
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