Installing XP and tranferring programs to a new 'puter

This may seem a [FONT= "Arial Black"]VERY[/FONT] stupid question but it seems to me that the biggest problem with buying a new computer is reinstalling software and setting it up.

What would happen if I cloned the hard disk from my old notebook using Seagate Disk Wizard, transfered the cloned copy to the new note book, then booted the new note book with the new installation disk? IS this a totally mad idea??????

BTW New notebook will come with XP Pro and my current note book has UPDATED XP Pro

 

I'm STOOPID as well as lazy!!

Yup, guess I'm [FONT= "Arial Black"]STOOPID [/FONT]as well as lazy!!

I just wish there were some way around the hassle installing my software when I get a new note book. The "files and setting transfer wizard" will not transfer programs and networking the notebooks will not help with the tedious process of installing and setting up software either.

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks Christer!!

Thanks Christer!!

A trooly bootifool analogy!

I'm sixty free, I'm a Grumpy Old Man ,an aging Luddite (if you don't know what a Luddite is look it up on Google!) and now I fink I 'm going ga-ga!

I know what it is that is at the back of my mind, it's that accursed Vista, I loath it! I set up a mate's computer that came with Vista and it not only took me forever and a day it also cost him a small fortune to update his hardware and upgrade his software

That's why I'm going to the trouble of replacing my trusty but rapidly failing old notebook with a surplus stock Notebook that comes with XP Pro. Perhaps I'm acting like King Canute commanding back the tides of progress, but I'm hoping that the general resistance to Vista will force Microsoft to rethink what they are doing.