All you have to do is an ASR (Automated System Recovery) backup, included on your XP OS. It will create an image of your HD and will save your systems settings on a floppy disk.

Then, install your new HD, start the XP install and choose ASR.

In less than 1 hour you will have your PC back and the process is seamless.

You'll be amazed how much you can do with XP if you only dig into it.

Try it...