XP transfer HD

[Ken]

Is there an easy way to transfer windows
xp pro from one hard drive to another on
the same machine without having to
re-install it? I am not crazy about
having to re-install everything
including sp-1. KEN

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You should visit to the support website of the manufacturer of your
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 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/


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Is there an easy way to transfer windows
| xp pro from one hard drive to another on
| the same machine without having to
| re-install it? I am not crazy about
| having to re-install everything
| including sp-1. KEN
|

 

[roger]

Hi Ken,

Is there an easy way to transfer windows
xp pro from one hard drive to another on
the same machine without having to
re-install it? I am not crazy about
having to re-install everything
including sp-1. KEN

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

HTH

 

[joust in jest]

Nice try, Roger, but he is not moving the HD to another machine -- he is
cloning a hard drive for use in the same machine. Carey's response was
correct, your's was not.

steve

 

[Ken]

Thanks for the info. I am going to try
it.
KEN