Windows XP boot drive change possible?

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Hi
I'm running Windows XP Professional on a computer with two hard drives.
The boot drive is only 4GB and is struggling to cope with Windows XP
despite the fact that most of my other software is installed on the
second drive. The second drive is 80GB in two partitions and a friend
suggested that it may be possible to move my Windows installation onto
one of these larger partitions on the second disk without having to
perform a re-installation of both operating system and my software
using partitioning software. Could anyone tell me if they know of a
product that would do this?
Thanks for your time.
 
Hi
I'm running Windows XP Professional on a computer with two hard drives.
The boot drive is only 4GB and is struggling to cope with Windows XP
despite the fact that most of my other software is installed on the
second drive. The second drive is 80GB in two partitions and a friend
suggested that it may be possible to move my Windows installation onto
one of these larger partitions on the second disk without having to
perform a re-installation of both operating system and my software
using partitioning software. Could anyone tell me if they know of a
product that would do this?
Thanks for your time.
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The move you propose would involve a change of drive
letters. While this can be done, it would cripple your
Windows installation. For your next installation you should
keep Windows and your applications on the same drive
so that you don't run into this problem.
 
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