Re installing XP

[Don]

I am getting a new hard drive. The problem is I converted
my file system to NTFS after XP was installed on my old
drive. Now I can't uninstall XP from my old drive to load
it on my new drive. How can I resolve this issue?

[Kevin]

Have you tried a Google search for "uninstalling xp"? You may have to
format the old drive, wiping all data from the drive in the process, and
then installing XP on your new drive. A hassle, I agree, but you most
likely have all your data backed up anyway, so why not?

"Don" > wrote in message
...
> I am getting a new hard drive. The problem is I converted
> my file system to NTFS after XP was installed on my old
> drive. Now I can't uninstall XP from my old drive to load
> it on my new drive. How can I resolve this issue?

[Michael Stevens]

Don wrote:
> I am getting a new hard drive. The problem is I converted
> my file system to NTFS after XP was installed on my old
> drive. Now I can't uninstall XP from my old drive to load
> it on my new drive. How can I resolve this issue?

Don,
If the system is running properly, you could clone the old drive to the new
one using imaging software. Consult the imaging software for procedure info
or post back here.

If you plan on keeping the old drive for extra storage.
1. Disconnect the cable from the old hard drive leaving it in the computer.
2. Configure the and new hard drive as the primary master and install and
connect the cable to the primary master position.
3. Clean install XP to new HD. See the link below for steps to clean
install.
4. Shut down and configure the jumpers and cable on the old drive to primary
slave, secondary master, or secondary slave depending on your hard ware.
5. Reboot and format the old drive from Computer Management> Disk
Management.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
BootIT NG from Terabyte
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
Image for Windows and DOS
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/imagew.html
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/image.zip
Drive Image from Power Quest
http://www.powerquest.com/
Symantec Ghost.
http://www.symantec.com/servsupp.html
Maxblast II Plus
http://tinyurl.com/275m
Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/#dlgtools
Casper XP
http://www.fssdev.com/

You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

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