Installing XP on new drive

[cliff.mullinger]

Have installed a new 80gb drive (Slaved), and want to install XP onto it,
but dread having to reinstall all software & data once XP id on new drive.

Have tried using Drive Image software which states it can copy a complete
drive info to another drive removing the requirement to reinstall all
software, and by changing jumpers on new drive it will boot XP etc., but
after running drive image, changing jumpers and amending BIOS when
rebooting, system cannot find boot sector on new drive, resulting in the
usual messages about putting a bootable disk in A:

Anybody know of any software that actual does the trick in copying drive to
drive, and then booting XP from new drive.

 

[purplehaz]

I've used DI a few times with no prob, but your new drive should have come
with some bootable software that lets you copy one drive to another. You
install the new drive then run the software. Check your info that came with
the drive. I don't think I ever saw a drive that didn't come with one
now-a-days.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Have tried using Drive Image software which states it can copy a complete
drive info to another drive removing the requirement to reinstall all
software, and by changing jumpers on new drive it will boot XP etc., but
after running drive image, changing jumpers and amending BIOS when
rebooting, system cannot find boot sector on new drive, resulting in the
usual messages about putting a bootable disk in A:

Anybody know of any software that actual does the trick in copying driveto
drive, and then booting XP from new drive.

Yes - but Drive Image will have done most of the job. All you need do,
if you have a 'proper' rather than 'restore' CD is Set the BIOS to boot
CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead of Setup, take the
immediate R for Repair. Assume any password requested is blank, and TAB
over.

Give
FixMBR

Or use a Win98 startup floppy, boot that and use its
FDISK /MBR
(and while about it follow with
FDISK
and make sure that the drive needed (which may be a non-DOS one if NTFS)
is 'set as active'

 

[Michael Stevens]

Have installed a new 80gb drive (Slaved), and want to install XP onto
it, but dread having to reinstall all software & data once XP id on
new drive.

Have tried using Drive Image software which states it can copy a
complete drive info to another drive removing the requirement to
reinstall all software, and by changing jumpers on new drive it will
boot XP etc., but after running drive image, changing jumpers and
amending BIOS when rebooting, system cannot find boot sector on new
drive, resulting in the usual messages about putting a bootable disk
in A:

Anybody know of any software that actual does the trick in copying
drive to drive, and then booting XP from new drive.

You need to "Clone" the old drive to the new one, not copy it. Check the DI
help PDF, it will thoroughly explain how to clone your hard drive.
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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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