Replacing hdd

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Ed Covney

I have an older XP (orig release) PC and the drive
is about to go. The hardware BIOS can handle
a large (250GB) HDD, but my original XP can't.

Is there a way to load XP onto a 250 giger using
a device driver? Any other way?

TIA,

Ed
 
Why can't your original XP handle a 250 GB HDD?

Any boxed HDD should come with installation software that will transfer your
old drive to the new drive.
 
Ed said:
I have an older XP (orig release) PC and the drive
is about to go. The hardware BIOS can handle
a large (250GB) HDD, but my original XP can't.

Is there a way to load XP onto a 250 giger using
a device driver? Any other way?
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Make a slipstreamed XP CD including SP2, and your problem will go away.
There is good information on Slipstreaming SP2 here:

http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262
 
Do you have SP1 or SP2 on the existing install? If you do then use a disk
imaging program to clone the old disk to the new one. If the hard disk is in
a retail box then there is probably a CD included to do this. If it isn't a
retail drive then you can download it from the manufacturer's site. If you
want to do a clean install of XP to the new drive then you need to
slipstream a CD with SP1 or SP2. See Ken Blake's post for details.
 
Kerry -

As recommended, I created a slipstream CD and it
worked PERFECTLY. Let me know when you're
in town - I'll buy you a cold one !! Thanks so much.

Ed
 
Your welcome but Ken Blake beat me to the punch with the slipstreamed CD
help. I'll still take the beer thought.
 
Kerry said:
Your welcome but Ken Blake beat me to the punch with the slipstreamed
CD help. I'll still take the beer thought.
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LOL! You can have the beer. I'll wait until he offers me a glass of wine.
 
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