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Out-of-Band may be slower.
But I find that it's much, much safer. It is my preferred method when recovering crashed Windows boxen.

I've never really had to worry about anyone doing a system migration like your friend. My experience has always been more along the lines of 'My computer stopped working, can you fix it?'

My first action is to boot with a recovery CD and then copy off all data files that I can. After that, I can begin to determine whether or not the system can be recovered or if a new install is needed. Either way, the data is safely stored away where it can be scanned for badness before being restored.

BTW - awesome picture. Is that a cherry flavored Slurpee?
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Out-of-Band may be slower.  Letophoro | 09/23/08
SAFETY FIRST  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 09/23/08
You both got it wrong  ShadeTree | 09/23/08
And your solution.  Bozzer | 09/25/08
I agree with Ed. You made something easy difficult.  ye | 09/23/08
When the only thing you know how to use  frgough | 09/23/08
And i agree with Ye  TedKraan | 09/24/08
What difference does it make, ye?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 09/24/08
A beating? No way!  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/23/08
It ain't the removing of the connector  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 09/23/08
ESD training?  TedKraan | 09/24/08
Clothing.  Bozzer | 09/25/08
What he's talking about is discharge  alaniane@... | 09/25/08
Drive Failure...  lawryll@... | 09/23/08
I've gotta go with Ed.  ye | 09/23/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 09/23/08
How so?  ye | 09/23/08
By making statements like this...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 09/24/08
500 GB drive.  xuniL_z | 09/23/08
Yes...  lawryll@... | 09/23/08
Bad solder joint  Dr. John | 09/24/08
BINGO  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 09/23/08
It is possible but...  mikefarinha | 09/23/08
Managing risk  rtk | 09/23/08
Thank You For A Calm Informed Voice Of Reason  Cardhu | 09/30/08
Drive failures ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/23/08
Thank you Adrian for validating  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 09/23/08
Talk to the experts...  lawryll@... | 09/23/08
Because OnTrack is a biased sampling.  ye | 09/23/08
Speaking of handling  rtk | 09/23/08
Ed Bott Said "Never"  Cardhu | 09/30/08
Please  frgough | 09/23/08
The simple act of removing the drive...  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 09/23/08
Caution vs. paranoia  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/23/08
It's paranoia.  ye | 09/23/08
Gosh, I usually do the reverse, JK  georgeou | 09/23/08
That's kinda the "tech" rule, innit?  beoz | 09/23/08
RE: Please  bfilipiak@... | 09/23/08
Why virtualization because in this case it made sense....  devlin_X | 09/26/08
"A Bott Beating"  Cardhu | 09/30/08
Bread and butter for the Geek Squad  terry flores | 09/23/08
Moving data is straight forward.  ye | 09/23/08
If you have it, use robocopy over copy or xcopy..  xuniL_z | 09/24/08
If it is a working XP computer the ....  ShadeTree | 09/23/08
Jason already eliminated the network as a solution.  ye | 09/23/08
For a simple data copy its one thing  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 09/24/08
RE: Taking a Bott beating  cranialsurge | 09/23/08
You know what they say...  Zogg | 09/25/08
Far From A Waste Of Time  preachjohn | 09/23/08
Use a network cable next time...  laxmanb | 09/24/08
RE: Taking a Bott beating  jeff@... | 09/24/08
Oh Cripes, You Forgot One Thing...  Kromaethius | 09/24/08
RE: Taking a Bott beating  OutsideThe Box | 09/25/08
That's what I do  Cardhu | 09/30/08
RE: Taking a Bott beating  Sleeper Service | 09/25/08
If it does what?  kat313 | 09/25/08
Do you mean this?  Zogg | 09/25/08
Taking a Bott beating  r.lah@... | 09/25/08
Cigarette Smoke Residue -- YUCK!!  Cardhu | 09/30/08
Relative pronouns  FreewheelinFrank | 10/03/08
If You're Going To Try To Correct Someone  Cardhu | 10/04/08
My correction stands  FreewheelinFrank | 10/04/08
So You're Here Looking For Attention  Cardhu | 10/06/08
What's it to you?  FreewheelinFrank | 10/06/08
You're Still Looking For Attention, I See  Cardhu | 10/09/08
Just a question re: the virtualisation  tahrey | 11/07/08

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