Migrating from XP x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-bit

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Hi Helpful Group! :-)

I thought I'd make a *positive* post for a change. I actually got
something to work!

I migrated my system from XP Professional x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-
bit. I expected a nightmare, as I had a relatively old Tyan K8WE
(S2895) motherboard and I was using Opteron 270 CPUs. I also had a
beta driver and BIOS for my AMCC 3ware 9550SX SATA2 RAID card.

I can not say it was easy, as it took me several nights of being up
until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. to get the old machine ready, but the actually
*install* of Vista was almost painless. It seemed as if it took less
than one hour. I have then spent several days reinstalling software.

The machine, of course, runs *worse,* but I now have more software
options. Apple iTunes, for example, correctly recognizes and installs
on my operating system.

I have a long ways to go, but I wanted to encourage others to make the
switch *if* they need to.

Jim
 
Re: Migrating from XP x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Glad to hear you got it all up and working. Yeah, it's a nuisance to
re-install everything, but if you run the Windows Easy Transfer (WET) from
the Vista DVD before you do the rebuild, you can save off most of your
settings. You still need to install your programs, but it definitely saves
time on the reconfiguration portion.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"Jim" <jmegas@cal.berkeley.edu> wrote in message
news:6b7a4a6f-0954-400e-8aba-ae073a9e26c2@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Helpful Group! :-)
>
> I thought I'd make a *positive* post for a change. I actually got
> something to work!
>
> I migrated my system from XP Professional x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-
> bit. I expected a nightmare, as I had a relatively old Tyan K8WE
> (S2895) motherboard and I was using Opteron 270 CPUs. I also had a
> beta driver and BIOS for my AMCC 3ware 9550SX SATA2 RAID card.
>
> I can not say it was easy, as it took me several nights of being up
> until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. to get the old machine ready, but the actually
> *install* of Vista was almost painless. It seemed as if it took less
> than one hour. I have then spent several days reinstalling software.
>
> The machine, of course, runs *worse,* but I now have more software
> options. Apple iTunes, for example, correctly recognizes and installs
> on my operating system.
>
> I have a long ways to go, but I wanted to encourage others to make the
> switch *if* they need to.
>
> Jim
 
Re: Migrating from XP x64 to Vista Ultimate 64-bit

On May 7, 2:43 pm, "Charlie Russel - MVP"
<char...@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote:

> Glad to hear you got it all up and working. Yeah, it's a nuisance to
> re-install everything, but if you run the Windows Easy Transfer (WET) from
> the Vista DVD before you do the rebuild, you can save off most of your
> settings. You still need to install your programs, but it definitely saves
> time on the reconfiguration portion.

Hi Charlie,

I should have RTFM. I did *not* run the Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
from the Vista DVD, but I had never moved most of my documents to that
machine.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that my old storage directories
were still there on the new machine, and I could find all of my old
files I had stashed away there. I could reinstall from the hard drive
(RAID array) and I did not need to use the DVDs I had burned.

Thank you for your help! :-)

Jim
 
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