Subj : Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org !.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 14:05:59 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <2e49F9HceGAaFw0R@soft255.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="6bde7923b02edf652bd5a635f0d27085"; logging-data="1763"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+PFPZj5XZ/2gSNdgil7nJQ" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:LAZ0FoBQnFngQ+WIZTl6iUIUD2M= Xref: news.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134457 In message , Some Guy writes: >J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity, why have you cloned so many from "a handful"? > >We made several hundred windows-based systems with custom hardware [] Thanks, interesting. [] >> Is that going to be either easier or better than Macrium or Acronis? >>(Or does Hiren include one or both of those?) > >Hiren's BootCD is at version 15.3 (or maybe higher?). Previous >versions have included Macrium Reflect 4.2.3775 and Acronis True Image >8.1.945 (or higher). I don't know if the current / latest version still >includes Macrium or Acronis. Sometimes commercial stuff gets removed >from Hiren's so different versions will contain a different mix of >software. You probably need to get older (maybe more desirable) >versions of Hiren's from mirror sites or torrent. If you want to play; if you just want Macrium or Acronis, of course, you can get them from source. (I like my Macrium, as it fits on a mini-CD; I like mini-CDs, as they're easier to keep with - in this case - my backup drive, than a full-size CD would be, and less likely to get broken.) > >>> Yes, a system that hasn't tried to re-validate itself in the past >>>120 days should be in the clear to do it again, but I think the risk >>>is too high if you can avoid it. The risk that your product key >>>has, for what-ever reason, been added to Micro$haft's black-list of keys. >> Does XPinfo (on machines where it works!) cover this, or only >>compare the system to how it was at (last) activation? (Or original >>activation?) > >I think I knew that XPinfo didn't work with VLK, but I thought it did >work with OEM licenses. I can tell you it works with system builder >and retail licenses, and *I think* MSDN / Technet subscriptions too. The wording in the readme is something like "won't work with any version that does not require activation, such as OEM or volume licencing keys". > >XPinfo will tell you the current state of which components are the same >now vs when XP was last validated (which is usually, but not >necessarily when XP was originally installed). It didn't work on this machine (came - new - with XP installed). Well, I say didn't work: it at first came up with an error box saying "Cannot collect configuration data (-204). (a) You are running a volume-licensed version or OEM release of Windows XP. (b) You have not activated your installation of XP, yet. OK". (I assume there's an implied "OR" between those.) When I click OK, it comes up with another window headed "Fully Licensed" in big letters, below which are ten text boxes for things like Processor model, which are indeed greyed out; it does show the first 15 characters of the key though. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Never be led astray onto the path of virtue. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .