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You could attempt to move to a VM, this'll likely fail. I know a KVM environment should work theoretically but it may not. If that fails you'll likely need to
by valarauca1 13y ago
You could attempt to move to a VM, this'll likely fail. I know a KVM environment should work theoretically but it may not.
If that fails you'll likely need to go with an air gap. Transfer all data in and out via flash drive and run nightly virus scans on host computer and the XP one. If you can't air gap the XP computer. Nightly virus/mal scans, allocate more time for IT preemptively, and maybe prayer?
Weekly/Monthly hard drive images are likely a good idea also.
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Also stock pile old hardware for it. Trying keeping a few functional ATA hard drives on hand, spare PCI cards if you need them. In all honesty have 1 or 2 computers that can serve as drop in replacements on failure is likely a good idea.
- chrisBob 13y agoWe don't have extra parts, but the service team does and the machines themselves are getting hard to come by. I tried shopping for a computer with more than one PCI slot recently, and spent days just trying to figure out what is in computers from Lenovo, HP and DELL. That is not an important spec to list anymore. I will do the math with my boss; a duplicate machine might be a good idea while they are still around.