Changing Hard Disk Drive

[Davo]

I have a Hard Disk that is starting to grind and die. I
was wondering how to go about de-authorising XP and
installing it on a new drive.

 

[Michael L Hereid Sr]

I would just go ahead and remove dying hd and install XP on new drive. You
should be able to activate with no problems.
Michael L Hereid Sr
PS because of problems i have been having with hd's/memory and running beta
software, I have installed XP abt 26/30 times on this one machine-after 10
times uyou may have to make a phone call -just be polite and explain ure
problem and you will have no problems.

 

[Michael Stevens]

I have a Hard Disk that is starting to grind and die. I
was wondering how to go about de-authorising XP and
installing it on a new drive.

Get the new hard drive and with imaging softwear, image the old drive to the
new one. If no other hardware changes are made, it should boot up without a
need to activate.
Before imaging the old to the new, swap the drives cabling and jumper
settings so the new one is primary master and old is the slave.
Imaging is the best way to go, and check your hard drive manufacturer for
updated software to copy the old drive to the new.
Maxblast Plus versions 1.30 and newer provide an image copy utility that
will allow you to copy all the information from one hard drive to another
drive. The software currently supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS partitions.

Maxblast II plus http://tinyurl.com/275m

BootIT NG from Terabyte
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
Drive Image from Power Quest
http://www.powerquest.com/
Symantec Ghost.
http://www.symantec.com/servsupp.html
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a Hard Disk that is starting to grind and die. I
was wondering how to go about de-authorising XP and
installing it on a new drive

You do not need to 'de-authorise'. Either 'clone' the present partition
exactly to the new drive, while the old one still works - for that I
would use BootIT NG, from http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware - 30
day full functional trial) - or there are the Drive Image or Ghost
programs.

Or else do a new clean install on the new drive. You will then have to
activate it within 30 days. Provided you have not made other hardware
changes, or it is more than 120 days since you last did so, this will go
through on the net just like first time. If not, you will have to
phone a toll-free number that will be given, to explain and swap one
long number for another to check back as you type it in