Replacing the system HDD

[Stephen Ford]

Is there a process for replacing the system HDD on a Win XP PC?

With help from the Win98 group I worked out a way of installing a bigger
system HDD on a Win98 PC:

Install the HDD
Make a boot floppy
Boot from the floppy & format the HDD + copy system files
Copy O/S from old HDD to new HDD
Reconfigure PC so that new HDD is the system disc
Reboot and let the O/S sort itself out.
Job done.

What about for XP?

 

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win xp upgrade version
is designed to virtually
install itself without all
the hassles.

just boot with the winxp
cd, select a couple of options
and sit back and relax.

however, if you
will be using a win xp "upgrade"
it will either look for your old
o.s. on the hdd or it will
ask you to insert the win98 disks
into the drive so it can scan and
verify you are entitled to install
the winxp upgrade.

as mentioned, the winxp installation has
been streamlined but it also has new
security features to prevent it from
being pirated....

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just to be clear, there is the
win xp upgrade version and
the win xp full install version

if you choose the upgrade version
you must provide a prior version
of windows that was a full version.

there is more information on the
packaging and you might want
to clarify this aspect with the
technical sales person.

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[Pegasus]

Is there a process for replacing the system HDD on a Win XP PC?

With help from the Win98 group I worked out a way of installing a bigger
system HDD on a Win98 PC:

Install the HDD
Make a boot floppy
Boot from the floppy & format the HDD + copy system files
Copy O/S from old HDD to new HDD
Reconfigure PC so that new HDD is the system disc
Reboot and let the O/S sort itself out.
Job done.

What about for XP?

The simplest method involves downloading and using a free
disk cloning tool from your disk manufacturer's home site.

 

[Stephen Ford]

Hi
Thanks for reply. Perhaps I haven't explained this very well.

I don't want to install a new O/S on the new HDD

The aim is to copy an existing O/S from an old HDD to a new HDD so that the
new HDD can be configured to replace the old HDD as the system disc.

I have described what I did when the O/S = Win98

I need to know what to do when the O/S = WinXP. I suspect it will be the
same process, but it's a lot of work to go through on the basis of an
assumption. Confirmtion of the process would be very agreeable...

 

[Stephen Ford]

What a good idea - I will have a look. I wonder what happens if the HDDs are
from different manufacturers?

 

[Pegasus]

It will probably work regardless. Give it a try - you have nothing to lose!

 

[Curt Christianson]

Should not be a problem Stephen. Use the utility from the new HD
manufacturer.

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Curt

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| What a good idea - I will have a look. I wonder what happens if the HDDs
are
| from different manufacturers?
|
| --
| Regards
| Stephen Ford
|
| | >
| > | >> Is there a process for replacing the system HDD on a Win XP PC?
| >>
| >> With help from the Win98 group I worked out a way of installing a
bigger
| >> system HDD on a Win98 PC:
| >>
| >> Install the HDD
| >> Make a boot floppy
| >> Boot from the floppy & format the HDD + copy system files
| >> Copy O/S from old HDD to new HDD
| >> Reconfigure PC so that new HDD is the system disc
| >> Reboot and let the O/S sort itself out.
| >> Job done.
| >>
| >> What about for XP?
| >>
| >> --
| >> Regards
| >> Stephen Ford
| >>
| >>
| >
| > The simplest method involves downloading and using a free
| > disk cloning tool from your disk manufacturer's home site.
| >
|
|

 

[Patrick Keenan]

What a good idea - I will have a look. I wonder what happens if the HDDs
are from different manufacturers?

It usually doesn't matter as long as *one* is.

HTH
-pk

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Hi
Thanks for reply. Perhaps I haven't explained this very well.

I don't want to install a new O/S on the new HDD

The aim is to copy an existing O/S from an old HDD to a new HDD so that
the new HDD can be configured to replace the old HDD as the system disc.

I have described what I did when the O/S = Win98

I need to know what to do when the O/S = WinXP. I suspect it will be the
same process, but it's a lot of work to go through on the basis of an
assumption. Confirmtion of the process would be very agreeable...

If the OS is currently running in acceptable condition, simply clone the
drive, then swap disks.

If you can't get free software from the drive manufacturer that allows for
changing the partition size (since the new disk is probably larger) download
the Acronis TrueIMage trial version (100meg) and clone the disk in Manual
mode. Auto mode doesn't allow you to change partition sizes.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

This is slightly off the topic, but I recently replaced my OEM 80 gig HDD
with a Seagate 250 gig. It works fine but my OS (Windows XP SP2) will only
recognize about half of the capacity. Any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

This is slightly off the topic, but I recently replaced my OEM 80 gig HDD
with a Seagate 250 gig. It works fine but my OS (Windows XP SP2) will only
recognize about half of the capacity. Any suggestions?

 

[Pegasus]

I recommend you start a thread of your own instead of
piggy-backing on someone else's subject. The answer to
your question has nothing to do with the answer to the
OP's question.

 

[Guest]

My apologies to all. I am new to this group and have not yet learned how to
start a new thread, but I will do so.

 

[Malke]

Hi
Thanks for reply. Perhaps I haven't explained this very well.

I don't want to install a new O/S on the new HDD

The aim is to copy an existing O/S from an old HDD to a new HDD so that the
new HDD can be configured to replace the old HDD as the system disc.

I have described what I did when the O/S = Win98

I need to know what to do when the O/S = WinXP. I suspect it will be the
same process, but it's a lot of work to go through on the basis of an
assumption. Confirmtion of the process would be very agreeable...

If you buy it retail, your new hard drive will come with cloning
software. If you buy whitebox, you can download the cloning software
from the hard drive mftr.'s website. You'll hook up the new drive as
slave and boot with the cloning disk. Follow the directions to clone
your old drive. Shut down the machine and remove the old drive and boot
with the new one as master.


Malke