installing new hard drive

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Gary

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.
 
Gary said:
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?
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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 said:
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.
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I'm afraid your suggestion will never let the OP copy his old disk to a new
disk.
 
Gary said:
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?
Click to expand...

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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