Restore backup to new hard drive?

[Peter]

Hi,

I used Windows XP backup to do a complete backup of my C: drive, including
the OS and registry. I have Windows XP MCE, that came preinstalled by Dell.

Since I performed the backup, my hard drive has gone bad. So I've been
trying to figure out whether it is possible to use the Windows backup to
restore the OS onto a new hard drive. I've managed to restore the image onto
the new drive, but I haven't managed to successfully boot on the new drive.

I've used a borrowed Windows XP install disk to run FixMBR and FixBoot on
the new disk, but this did not help.

Any ideas, or will I need to pay Dell $50 to send me a replacement Windows
CD? (I didn't get one with the computer - just a restore partition on the bad
hard drive.)

Thanks,
Peter

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

you should have used a clone utility

MS backup does *not* create an image.

The best you can do is reinstall windows...
then restore your backup

......and make sure you restore ONLY YOUR DATA (docs, pictures, music, etc).
Reinstall your miscellaneous software from scratch.