Upgrade hard drive

[Rob C]

I confirmed using Disk Management function that the new
drive is configured as 'active'. However, noticed that
the original drive is configured as 'system'. How do I
configure the new drive as 'system'? Could this be the
cause of my problem?

>-----Original Message-----
>I have just done the same exercise. You need to make the
>new drive 'active' by right clicking on it within Disk
>Management function of MMC. Then close down, reconfigure
>the jumpers on both drives and reverse the cable
>connection so that the new drive is at the end of the
>cable, and then reboot. You do not need to change the
>BIOS settings. Win XP will automatically re-assign the
>new drive as C:\ and the old drive as E:\ (or other).
>This worked for me so I hope it is the correct method.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Due to space limitations, I needed to purchase a larger
>>hard disk. Using Drive Image 5.0, I copied my old C:
>>drive to the new drive. After disconnecting the old
>>drive, jumpering the new drive as master, and changing
>the
>>bios accordingly, XP Home appears to boot but hangs at
>the
>>blue XP screen, just before the logon screen. Any
>>suggestions how to fix this? (I do not want to have to
>>reinstall XP Home from scratch on my HD.)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Rob
>>.
>>
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