Hitachi travelstar has a USB based Drive upgrade kit that includes EZGIG usb cloning boot cd.
Cloned my system onto new drive after putting the new drive inside and the old drive in the usb kit then boot from cd and clone from external drive to internal drive and done.
True Image 9 build 2337 from Acronis. Once installed on one PC you can create a boot CD that will load the program. Image the one C640 drive saving it on a networked PC, BOOT the other C640 from the same CD and restore the image to that C640. All C640's are exactly the same. So a image from one will be exactly the same on another.
I have Acronis that I use to send the bootable image to a modular hardrive of same capacity.
Yes the idea is to transfer over my image to new (used) 640. I'm glad to hear they might be all the same so Xp wouldn't go crazy sensing small differences in 640's such as display cards,2.2 instead of a 1.8 processor.
I would try to get one as similiar as course. If it did give me a problem and wanted to be activevated or whatever it does when it sense's it has moved,can I just pay the money to have it done? I heard if you call them and say you changed a major piece of hardware they may give you a new activation code.
I want to get into a spare 640 as this one has a lot of hours on it and don't trust it to last long. I don't want it down too long.
Yes the display may matter but the CPU shouldn't as they are the same type, just different speeds.
If you are NOT use a Dell supplied OS then it may or may not call for activation. Activation is only triggered by a significant change of hardware. Since all C640's are basically the same, except the amount of memory, hard drive size and CPU speed (the C640 was never offered with a different video card, it has a 32MB ATI card), I don't think it would call for activation. If it IS a DELL SUPPLIED OS then it is pre-activated and will never call for activation.
If you are running a retail or bought OEM version (NOT SUPPLIED BY DELL WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PC) of XP and for some reason need to activated it on the new C640 then you will need a NEW KEY. Which means you will need to BUY another copy of XP of the same type, retail full version, retail upgrade version or OEM. Otherwise the KEY may not work with whatever version you have installed.
My C640 is from Dell and everthing original. The spare I'm looking at I am not sure. It sounds it. It comes with resource cd's etc. and has been xp validated.
It doesn't say refurbished so I assume it it is used and stock. The display is the same as mine. It has XP Pro in it but I will clone my image to the harddrive or just put my drive in.
So it won't look for ativation unless the mother board has been changed to a another type or brand?
I don't think you understand notebooks, excuse me and please do not take offense.
A C640 IS a C640. The first C640 made and shipped out by Dell is the same as the last one made and shipped out. There is NO other motherboard that will fit into a C640 case other then a C640/i4150 (the i4150 is exactly the same as a C640 except for some plastic case parts, the BIOS flash and you could get a lower MB of RAM on the video card. All C640's came with a 32MB ATI card. The i4150 could be bought with either a 16MB or 32MB video card. They use the exact same motherboard).
There are NO other parts other then what I described in my above post that can be changed and FIT inside a C640 case. The motherboard can not be changed to any other TYPE or BRAND and still be a C640.
A C640 IS a C640
Notebook parts are NOT interchangeable from model to model or brand to brand. A Dell C640 can only have Dell C640 parts in it to still be a Dell C640.
I hope I have made this clear. This holds true for newer or older notebook of any BRAND name. You can not take parts out of a IBM model and put them into a Dell model.
That has given me confidence in purchaseing a second unit and cloneing.
I love the unit and for my purposes and buget it can work for me for a long while. Mine is getting worn and I fear I'll be stuck someday soon with a mother board gone or stolen,etc. and want to be prepared so I be able to hopp right back in the saddle.
My usb port is loose and doesn't keep a good connection. I jammed a piece of carboard next to it to keep it from moving around and seems too work for now.
I just have to make sure the second unit I get is in good shape. I'm looking on ebay for now.
After you clone it be sure to run the SID changer (Like Symantec's) or the two will bump heads on a network. I do it for all my rollouts using True Image or Ghost, change the SID and computer name, and off I go. Works on domains or workgroups alike.
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Hitachi travelstar has a USB based Drive upgrade kit that includes EZGIG usb
cloning boot cd.
Cloned my system onto new drive after putting the new drive inside and the old drive in the usb kit then boot from cd and clone from external drive to internal drive and done.
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product_Id=4068889&JRSource=googlebase.datafeed.HIT+900200
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Yes the display may matter but the CPU shouldn't as they are the same type, just different speeds.
If you are NOT use a Dell supplied OS then it may or may not call for activation. Activation is only triggered by a significant change of hardware. Since all C640's are basically the same, except the amount of memory, hard drive size and CPU speed (the C640 was never offered with a different video card, it has a 32MB ATI card), I don't think it would call for activation. If it IS a DELL SUPPLIED OS then it is pre-activated and will never call for activation.
If you are running a retail or bought OEM version (NOT SUPPLIED BY DELL WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PC) of XP and for some reason need to activated it on the new C640 then you will need a NEW KEY. Which means you will need to BUY another copy of XP of the same type, retail full version, retail upgrade version or OEM. Otherwise the KEY may not work with whatever version you have installed.
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My C640 is from Dell and everthing original. The spare I'm looking at I am not sure. It sounds it. It comes with resource cd's etc. and has been xp validated.
It doesn't say refurbished so I assume it it is used and stock. The display is the same as mine. It has XP Pro in it but I will clone my image to the harddrive or just put my drive in.
So it won't look for ativation unless the mother board has been changed to a another type or brand?
Jim
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I don't think you understand notebooks, excuse me and please do not take offense.
A C640 IS a C640. The first C640 made and shipped out by Dell is the same as the last one made and shipped out. There is NO other motherboard that will fit into a C640 case other then a C640/i4150 (the i4150 is exactly the same as a C640 except for some plastic case parts, the BIOS flash and you could get a lower MB of RAM on the video card. All C640's came with a 32MB ATI card. The i4150 could be bought with either a 16MB or 32MB video card. They use the exact same motherboard).
There are NO other parts other then what I described in my above post that can be changed and FIT inside a C640 case. The motherboard can not be changed to any other TYPE or BRAND and still be a C640.
A C640 IS a C640
Notebook parts are NOT interchangeable from model to model or brand to brand. A Dell C640 can only have Dell C640 parts in it to still be a Dell C640.
I hope I have made this clear. This holds true for newer or older notebook of any BRAND name. You can not take parts out of a IBM model and put them into a Dell model.
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