Does anyone know how to move winxp to new harddrive

[Turk]

Does anyone know how to move winxp to new harddrive with
all the programs and settings. My initial win partition
was 10 gig and it is almost full so i can't use ghost. I
just want to transfer all the data if possible. I would
appreciate any help. Thanks

[Shenan T. Stanley]

Turk <> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to move winxp to new harddrive with
> all the programs and settings. My initial win partition
> was 10 gig and it is almost full so i can't use ghost. I
> just want to transfer all the data if possible. I would
> appreciate any help. Thanks

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[Donald Link]

If you buy a Maxtor or Western Digital you will get software that will
transfer all files to the new hard drive. Maxtor has a real nice one
MaxBlast. However, you will need to set the drives up with master/slave to
do this.



"Turk" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone know how to move winxp to new harddrive with
> all the programs and settings. My initial win partition
> was 10 gig and it is almost full so i can't use ghost. I
> just want to transfer all the data if possible. I would
> appreciate any help. Thanks

[I'm Dan]

"Turk" > wrote:
> Does anyone know how to move winxp to new harddrive
> with all the programs and settings. My initial win partition
> was 10 gig and it is almost full so i can't use ghost. I
> just want to transfer all the data if possible. I would
> appreciate any help. Thanks

Wow, lots of people with the same question.

The simplest and most reliable way is to use a simple disk copy utility from
the drive manufacturer. Many manufacturers (Seagate, WD, Maxtor, to name a
few -- though not IBM) have free software specifically for your intended
purpose. If you don't get a floppy disk with your new HD, you can often
download it from the manufacturer's website. To use, it's as simple as
plugging in both HD's, boot from the floppy, copy one HD to the other,
remove old HD, put new HD in its place, and reboot. Do not install the new
HD first and try to format it with XP; just put it in bare and boot the
utility floppy. (Many people make this mistake, which gives XP a chance to
give the new HD a different drive letter, which can screw things up.)

Very important: do *not* leave the old HD installed as a slave when you
first boot the new HD. Get the system back up and running with the new HD
by itself first. After the new HD is running properly as a single-HD
system, you may reformat and install the old HD as a slave if you want.

[Ron Martell]

"Donald Link" > wrote:

>If you buy a Maxtor or Western Digital you will get software that will
>transfer all files to the new hard drive. Maxtor has a real nice one
>MaxBlast. However, you will need to set the drives up with master/slave to
>do this.

Not necessary to have them as master and slave on the same IDE
channel. Works just as well if one is the master drive on the primary
IDE and the other is the master drive on the secondary IDE, especially
for a temporary installation just to do the copying.

That avoids all possible complications with jumper settings and also
the possibility, admittedly remote, that the two drives will not work
well together when connected as master and slave on the same channel.


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