Hello,

My PC has XP pro installed.

I want to replace the C: hard drive with a much bigger one. (The current
c: drive will be reformatted blank and used on my nephews PC. so there's
no licensing problems.)

I really don't want to re-install from scratch.

Could someone please tell me how to copy the existing contents of the
current C: drive to a new, larger c: drive and make it bootable as well?

Many thanks,
--
Terry Belton

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You're new drive will(should) come with a disk copy program that copies your
old drive to the new. Always backup important things, just in case.

"Terry Belton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> My PC has XP pro installed.
>
> I want to replace the C: hard drive with a much bigger one. (The
> current c: drive will be reformatted blank and used on my nephews PC.
> so there's no licensing problems.)
>
> I really don't want to re-install from scratch.
>
> Could someone please tell me how to copy the existing contents of the
> current C: drive to a new, larger c: drive and make it bootable as
> well?
>
> Many thanks,

"Terry Belton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:L+(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> My PC has XP pro installed.
>
> I want to replace the C: hard drive with a much bigger one. (The current
> c: drive will be reformatted blank and used on my nephews PC. so there's
> no licensing problems.)
>
> I really don't want to re-install from scratch.
>
> Could someone please tell me how to copy the existing contents of the
> current C: drive to a new, larger c: drive and make it bootable as well?
>
> Many thanks,
> --
> Terry Belton
>
> Please reply in the newsgroup - not via email.
> Note: Email to 'news' gets rejected

You may want to try a program called "Drive Image". It has a function for
duplicating a HD when installing new. It is also handy for storing a backup
image of your HD in case of catastrophy. Cheers.

ekud