Andrew E.
March 29th 03, 03:18 AM
From what i heard,when i tried the same with western
digital,it can't be done.XP has protective software
installed preventing this.The best info.,use the file
transfer wizard,select the current machine as older to
transfer from.With a clean disc,re-installing is a good
idea.
>-----Original Message-----
>For God's sake, can't Microsoft make it easier to upgrade
>your system disk? Obviously not.
>
>I'm trying to replace my C: drive with a bigger, faster
>one and I don't want to re-install Windows XP. I just
want
>to copy the existing drive as-is to the new one. Why is
>that so hard? I've been working on this now for 2 days.
>Anyone have a recipe for success?
>
>Dave
>.
>
digital,it can't be done.XP has protective software
installed preventing this.The best info.,use the file
transfer wizard,select the current machine as older to
transfer from.With a clean disc,re-installing is a good
idea.
>-----Original Message-----
>For God's sake, can't Microsoft make it easier to upgrade
>your system disk? Obviously not.
>
>I'm trying to replace my C: drive with a bigger, faster
>one and I don't want to re-install Windows XP. I just
want
>to copy the existing drive as-is to the new one. Why is
>that so hard? I've been working on this now for 2 days.
>Anyone have a recipe for success?
>
>Dave
>.
>