Moving old HDD into new System

Hi, I just buit a new system (new MoBo, cpu, memory), and i have a 200 gig
HDD on XP Pro. My problem is, I don't want to or have time to backup all my
data to do a clean install and transfer my data over my new drive. So, I
know the best way to do this would be to re-format and do a clean install,
but is there a relatively painless way to take my current hard drive, and
put it in my new system with new hardware?

Penny;
Move the drive over.
A repair Installation will be necessary to properly detect the new
hardwa
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
Data should be safe, back-up important data just in case.

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"Penny" wrote in message
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Hi, I just buit a new system (new MoBo, cpu, memory), and i have a
200 gig
HDD on XP Pro. My problem is, I don't want to or have time to backup
all my
data to do a clean install and transfer my data over my new drive.
So, I
know the best way to do this would be to re-format and do a clean
install,
but is there a relatively painless way to take my current hard
drive, and
put it in my new system with new hardware?