Image XP home to another HD & run?

[philo]

Is it possible to image XP home HD to another primary HD, change BIOS load drive to the new drive
and run it? I have tried xxcopy clone, which works fine with 98SE, but it doesn't work. Any help?
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although there is software which can image the drive..
unless the hardware of the other computer is the same as the first...
it's not likely XP will run...

best to just perform a clean install on the 2nd machine

 

[KG]

Is it possible to image XP home HD to another primary HD, change BIOS load drive to the new drive
and run it? I have tried xxcopy clone, which works fine with 98SE, but it doesn't work. Any help?
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Is it possible to image XP home HD to another primary HD, change BIOS load drive to the new drive
and run it? I have tried xxcopy clone, which works fine with 98SE, but it doesn't work. Any help?
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xcopy.exe and xxcopy.exe work very well if you observe
these restrictions:
- You must run the command while both disks are
connected as slave disks in some other PC.
- After cloning you must use the Recovery Console
to restore the boot environment.
People normally use one of the popular imaging
products such as Ghost, Acronis, DriveImage or
Snapshot.

 

[All Things Mopar]

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hand

xcopy.exe and xxcopy.exe work very well if you observe
these restrictions:
- You must run the command while both disks are
connected as slave disks in some other PC.
- After cloning you must use the Recovery Console
to restore the boot environment.
People normally use one of the popular imaging
products such as Ghost, Acronis, DriveImage or
Snapshot.

I've long been familiar with xcopy but what is xxcopy?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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I've long been familiar with xcopy but what is xxcopy?

xxcopy is a terrific shareware tool that can do just about
anything short of a nice cup of coffee. It has so many switches
that I usually need to consult the manual first. Great for batch
files, of limited use in a Command Prompt (unless you have
an excellent memory).

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today Pegasus (MVP) commented courteously on the subject at
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xxcopy is a terrific shareware tool that can do just about
anything short of a nice cup of coffee. It has so many
switches that I usually need to consult the manual first.
Great for batch files, of limited use in a Command Prompt
(unless you have an excellent memory).

Thanks. I'll Google for it.

 

[KG]

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I've long been familiar with xcopy but what is xxcopy?

Similar but groups commands such as clone command
/CLONE Duplicates a directory (volume). Same as /KS/H/E/R/Q/Y/BI/ZY

As to the above post the new image would be used on the same system. I've been backing up that way
for years. It comes in handy if you take a major hit, just switch to the other HD and go, then re
image to defective drive. I have only needed it a couple of times but it has saved a major reload.
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