Jim
you could try putting the old drive in the new pc and wipe the new HDD. then boot the first partition and upgrade the os onto the new drive. then you would have a pc with 2 drives and the old drive would contain the accounts. before anything i would ghost the old HDD though!
Slán
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>A client has been gently nudged over a long time to replace a slow Win98 system with 128MB and slow HD.
>They have finally agreed to do so.
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>However, today the real reason for their reluctance may have come to light... some critical software on the system for which they don't seem to any longer have the original install diskettes (or CD).
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>The software, they tell me, is "Simply Accountimg ACCPAC" and they seem to think it was installed 10+ years ago.
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>What is a good way to "convert" to a new system?
>The only thing I think *might* work is to make a complete "image" of the old HD on the new system, then hope that a re-install of XP-Pro SP2 will do the job.
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>Any ideas greatly appreciated.
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>Thanks