Win 7 64 new build

[Gatr]

OK...  So I am running the Beta 32 version on my office computer.... My retail version comes in and I update my office box w/ my old 939 gamer board...
I change out the MB w/ my old Opty 170 on it....  turn it on.. and what the heck Win 7 loads from the HD and picks up the new MB drivers and All my old stuff is there running like always....
That is the first time I have EVER been able to install a new MB and the old profile run at all let alone load everything...
Of course when I loaded 7 64bit... I could STILL use all my programs from my D drive.....   
Gatr

[Fulmar]

I was impressed when I swapped my motherboard/CPU on my ClarkConnect box (which is based off of Red Hat).  I was planning on redoing its setup but was curious if it would load up after I swapped everything out.  To my surprise, everything load the exact same.  I actually never redid the setup.  I physicall swapped mobo/cpu, but all the drives/NICs on their original slots and powered up like nothing had changed.

Current uptime is 99 days.

[Ghastly]

Linux doesn't do nearly as much "configuration at the time of installationi", but rather a lot more "hardware detection at bootup time".

Can you imagine an XP Live CD that would boot on everything from an K7 to a 386 to an I7?

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[Noir]

Can you imagine an XP Live CD that would boot on everything from an K7 to a 386 to an I7?

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BartPE ?

[Ghastly]

Kinda. 

Except that had to work well outside of the fold to do it.  And from what I saw when I looked into (caveat, it's been some time ago) it looked like some folks people had a pretty tough time getting it to work for them.  (I'm not minimizing what he accomplished - only that it's a far cry from being able to d/l an ISO, write a CD, and use it on almost any system.)

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