It *should* work, however, if time is really of the essence, then perhaps performing a silent install is a wiser course of actione, since cloning throuhg different versions of win is not documented. You can try it though. HTH Guillermo Alan Bort DBA / DBA Main Team EDS, an HP company -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of S. Anthony Sequeira Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:48 PM To: Oracle List Subject: Cloning Oracle Home - 10gR2 different Windows O/S Hi, Is it possible to clone a 10gR2 Oracle_Home (binaries) from a MS Win 2003 Server SP1 to a Win 2K SP4 server both 32bit? I cannot find anything that says it's a bad idea, and time is short. Following Note:559304.1 on Metalink. Regards. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Q: What is the sound of one cat napping? A: Mu. ++ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l