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Posted by Quaoar on April 4, 2008, 1:11 pm
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Dave wrote:
> I have a Sony vaio VGN-SZ4XWN/C laptop (dual core 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM) which
> came new with Vista Business and a 120 GB disk. I've since 'upgraded'
> to Vista Ultimate.
>
> I later repartitioned the disk into Solaris x86 and Vista, but now wish
> to get rid of Vista completely and use Solaris x86 and XP.
>
> I've bought a new disk (300 GB), and intend putting XP and Solaris x86
> on the new disk. However, I still have quite a bit of data on the 120 GB
> disk I would like to move. What is the best way to do this?
>
> I was thinking of
>
> 1) Remove the 120 GB disk from the laptop.
> 2) Fit 300 GB disk
> 3) Install XP and Solaris x86 on the new 300 GB disk
> 4) Put the old 120 GB disk in an external enclosure with USB and/or
> firewire.
> 5) Boot XP on the new machine and copy over the data from the disk in
> the external enclosure which has Vista on it.
>
> 1-4 are easy to do, but I'm concerned if it will be possible to move
> data from a disk that has Vista to one that has XP. I obviously know the
> password for the 120 GB disk.
>
>
> I do internd copying the data over to a newwork too, so I will have two
> copies. There's not much point copying programs over.
>
>
> Are there anything I need to be particulary aware of in changing a
> laptop from Vista to XP? I believe Sony have made most/all the drivers
> available for XP now. If I cant use the camera or fingerprint reader I
> will do without them.
Go with #4. You will be able to do many things with an external drive
enclosure that will make your life easier. I use a full-size SATA
enclosure since it will take both a notebook and desktop SATA HD. With
both notebook SATA and PATA HDs, you will have to remove any adapter on
the drive to make it fit the standard desktop SATA or PATA connector.
Q
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