MIgrate Operating System from C: to F:

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I have to hard drives: an older, slower 8G internal drive (using FAT32) and a
much faster external 80G drive (using NTFS)
Is it possible to move the operating system (Win XP Pro 2002 w/ Service
Pack2) from the C: drive to the external F: drive and still have the sytem
work correctly?
If so, how does one go about this?
If nothing else, I have the feeling that one of these all the various
Windows updates and service packs will expand beyond the capacity of the
smaller C: drive.
Thanks
 
The best way to migrate from an older [slower] drive to a new faster [bigger]
drive would be to use Drive Image or Ghost in order to 'clone' the hard drive.

To use an external drive as the system disk is madness, because it will be
too slow [data transfer via USB] and poses issues for booting.

Get Ghost and 'clone' the old C Drive to your new drive. Then turn off the
PC and swap the two hard drives, yes remove the hard drive from the USB
encloure and also the current C Drive from the PC case. Swap them over and
boot up the system, leaving the USB drive unattached for the moment.

You may find that WIndows doesn't want to boot, so then it'll be necessary
to perform a repair install [use the Windows installation CD fro this
purpose].

When Windows is running again, plug in the USB drive and format it.
 
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