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bucolic_frolic

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2. Yes, I do have backup install disks, 3 sets

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 2, 2021, 08:38 PM

Dec 2021

I could clone the entire disk and work off the clone to see what happens. That's possible.

Didn't know Shrub did computers. But the Bushes had their hands in everything.

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Ideas on archiving an XP computer [View all] bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 OP

a late friend who was a debugger for ibm said . AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #1

Yes, I do have backup install disks, 3 sets bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #2

i killed a windoze 95 machine that way and it wasnt pretty. AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #3

Will keep you posted, but it won't be quick bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #4

your welcome . AllaN01Bear Dec 2021 #5

Yes. clone the XP hard drive and keep the original as the backup ramblin_dave Dec 2021 #6

I'd install the new drive in the computer and install Linux on that. hunter Dec 2021 #7

Couple Ways LPBBEAR Feb 2022 #8