Transferring Windows XP to new HD

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Lea

I would like to transfer all my files and system files on
my XP system to the new HD I just installed - so I can
make the new HD the boot HD. Can I do this without re-
installing all Windows and all the other files??
 
You may wish to visit the support website of the manufacturer of your
new hard drive and see if they have a free utility program that you can use to
accomplish this task. For example, if you have a new Western Digital drive,
you can download their free Data Lifeguard Tools which includes "drive-to-drive
copy capability" (Ref: http://support.wdc.com/download/).

Fujitsu
http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic

IBM and Hitachi
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

Maxtor
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm

Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html

Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/
www.westerndigital.com

Or you can purchase Norton Ghost and create an "image"
of your old hard drive:

Norton Ghost 2003
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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|I would like to transfer all my files and system files on
| my XP system to the new HD I just installed - so I can
| make the new HD the boot HD. Can I do this without re-
| installing all Windows and all the other files??
 
You dont need any 3rd party hd software for that project,xp already ha
it.Have the 2nd hd set as D:,formatted,and has a primary partition.Go to run
type:XCOPY C:\*.* D:\ /c/h/e/k/r click run.In the DOS window agree to all
This works in xp,if you want more info,go to run type:cmd In cmd type
XCOPY /?
 
Andrew E said:
You dont need any 3rd party hd software for that project,xp already has
it.Have the 2nd hd set as D:,formatted,and has a primary partition.Go to run,
type:XCOPY C:\*.* D:\ /c/h/e/k/r click run.In the DOS window agree to all.
This works in xp,if you want more info,go to run type:cmd In cmd type:
XCOPY /?
Click to expand...

Andrew,

you are right, but there are a number of traps to fall into. See
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxMove.htm for details.

Hans-Georg
 
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