I have 2 physical drives, C and D. C drive is 15 gb and D drive is 80 gb. Win
XP is installed on C drive.
C drive is starting to crash on me, so I used Norton Ghost to back up that
drive to D drive. Can I now restore the files on D drive, remove C drive, and
then boot from D?
Thx!
If you want to have to call M$ to activate your windows by voice from nowon you can. Just a fact. If you have to install that version of XP on ANOTHER physical drive, you will be activating by phone voice from now on.
Another drive = another machine to M$. I'd say they figure if you get annoyed enough with their operators you'll put out another $138 - $209 for another CD to avoid that contact.
15 gb is just barely enough for the OS.
But I don't think you can boot from D: Unless you've modified it in the BIOS as your boot drive. Everything you install want's to install to C:\????. You must force everything to install elsewhere.
Plus you'd need to install the OS to D: not restore, because the restore would be looking for the 15gb C: drive. Meaning even if that D: were labeled C: the difference in size would make a restore impossible. Not tomention the mechanics involved. D: is now an 80 gb partition. and it hasthe OS image on it. it'd be similar to copying a file to itself. the OS isn't designed for that.
If C: is definitely trash, I'd think backing up D:'s data and C:'s data to a CD or DVD. Remove C, or wait for it to self destruct, backing up on a regular basis as long as possible. Then stick D: in C:'s slot, get a new 300-500 gig HD. Format D: 80 gb [now C:] as 2 partitions 30 gb C: & 50gb D: and the new drive E:.
And just resign yourself to voice activation by phone as long as your current 80gb C: drive will last.