Re-installing windows

[Guest]

i've recently bought a second hand computer. the OS is a legal windows xp
home edition sp2. i'm thinking of buying a bigger disk because the old one is
small and is starting to give me some problems, but and don´t know if or how
i can transfer the legal OS from one disk to another. cananyone help?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

i've recently bought a second hand computer. the OS is a legal windows xp
home edition sp2. i'm thinking of buying a bigger disk because the old one
is
small and is starting to give me some problems, but and don´t know if or
how
i can transfer the legal OS from one disk to another. cananyone help?

Swapping hard drives - leaving everything else the same? No problem -
should be fine.

I would perform a clean install with the media you should have been provided
in any case - used computer and all that.

 

[Rich Barry]

From what I understand, when you purchase a new hard drive today (
Retail ) it comes with software that enables you to
move the existing OS to the new drive. You can also go to the
manufacturer of hard drive's website and download the
software.

 

[philo]

i've recently bought a second hand computer. the OS is a legal windows xp
home edition sp2. i'm thinking of buying a bigger disk because the old one is
small and is starting to give me some problems, but and don´t know if or how
i can transfer the legal OS from one disk to another. cananyone help?

As long as the OS is legal...you can transfer it to a larger drive.


Acronis True Image is a good product that I've used and can confirm that it
works...

It would be less expensive than buying the OS