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I know that I must have WinXP SP1 at the least for XP to be able to handle
drives larger than 180GB, and I am running XP with SP2, so I should be ok
there.
With this being said, here is what I want to accomplish;
I currently have a 30 GB C: drive and a 120GB D: drive. I started having
minor problems with my C: drive, so I purchased a Maxtor 320GB, which came
with software that was SUPPOSED to be able to clone my current C: drive onto
the 320GB drive (as long as I had XP SP1) and I SHOULD be able to boot from
the 320GB drive. Well, after multiple tries, I simply can not get the 320GB
drive to boot. I can clone the files to it with no problems, and I can
access the files that are on it as long as I boot with the 30GB drive, but
the 320GB drive WILL NOT boot. In desparation, I have backed up all my
pertinent files and information to the 120GB drive, and I was going to try
to format the 320GB drive via the software that it came with and install XP
on it.
Is it possible to install XP onto the 320GB drive from within the XP OS that
gets booted into from the 30GB C: drive?
drives larger than 180GB, and I am running XP with SP2, so I should be ok
there.
With this being said, here is what I want to accomplish;
I currently have a 30 GB C: drive and a 120GB D: drive. I started having
minor problems with my C: drive, so I purchased a Maxtor 320GB, which came
with software that was SUPPOSED to be able to clone my current C: drive onto
the 320GB drive (as long as I had XP SP1) and I SHOULD be able to boot from
the 320GB drive. Well, after multiple tries, I simply can not get the 320GB
drive to boot. I can clone the files to it with no problems, and I can
access the files that are on it as long as I boot with the 30GB drive, but
the 320GB drive WILL NOT boot. In desparation, I have backed up all my
pertinent files and information to the 120GB drive, and I was going to try
to format the 320GB drive via the software that it came with and install XP
on it.
Is it possible to install XP onto the 320GB drive from within the XP OS that
gets booted into from the 30GB C: drive?