installing new hard drive

My hard drive is defective, but still working, and I want
to replace it without losing any data or settings. I
can't seem to find a help article which will explain
this. I know how to install XP on the new drive, but
the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" seems designed
only for transfer to a different computer. Is there any
way to use this on the same computer?

The file transfer wizard gets determined to do that but,set computer
as old,transfer data to a new folder you create in the wizard or make one up
before,desktop is good place for it,then transfer data to new folder,when its
thru,transfer data to a cd or dvd.Then on new hd,youre settings,files are ready
to set-up,reopen wizard,browse to data in new folder on cd.

It sounds like you are saying that I can use a CD as an
intermediate storage device with the wizard. I will give
this a try - thanks for your advice.
>-----Original Message-----
> The file transfer wizard gets determined to do that
but,set computer
> as old,transfer data to a new folder you create in the
wizard or make one up
> before,desktop is good place for it,then transfer data
to new folder,when its
> thru,transfer data to a cd or dvd.Then on new hd,youre
settings,files are ready
> to set-up,reopen wizard,browse to data in new folder on
cd.
>.
>

"Gary" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:fe2901c43ead$d2196340$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> My hard drive is defective, but still working, and I want
> to replace it without losing any data or settings. I
> can't seem to find a help article which will explain
> this. I know how to install XP on the new drive, but
> the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" seems designed
> only for transfer to a different computer. Is there any
> way to use this on the same computer?
>

You need an imaging program such as Ghost, Acronis TrueImage
or PQMagic DriveImage. Some disk manufacturers provide you
with their own disk copy software - check their web page. You
***cannot*** transfer your disk data while WinXP is active -
lots of locked (but essential) files won't be copied, and the new
disk won't boot.

"Andrew E" <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:96E97407-AD91-41BC-A739-6671C7A651CB@microsoft.com...
> The file transfer wizard gets determined to do that but,set computer
> as old,transfer data to a new folder you create in the wizard or make one
up
> before,desktop is good place for it,then transfer data to new folder,when
its
> thru,transfer data to a cd or dvd.Then on new hd,youre settings,files are
ready
> to set-up,reopen wizard,browse to data in new folder on cd.

I'm afraid your suggestion will never let the OP copy his old disk to a new
disk.

"Gary" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My hard drive is defective, but still working, and I want
>to replace it without losing any data or settings. I
>can't seem to find a help article which will explain
>this. I know how to install XP on the new drive, but
>the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" seems designed
>only for transfer to a different computer. Is there any
>way to use this on the same computer?

Gary,

you already got good advice. If you want to read about more
details, please have a look at
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxMove.htm.

Hans-Georg

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