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| I have a computer with a single harddrive running Windows XP right now. I want to replace that harddrive with a larger and faster one, but I don't want to have to reinstall windows and all of the programs on it. Is it possible to just install the new harddrive as primary and my old one as secondary, and use a dos bootup disk to copy the contents of the old to the new and boot from the primary? Thanks.
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| yes it is possible. Regarding MS-Dos transfer i doubt it would be stable since large amounts of data would be transfered. Transferring from windows would be easier.
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what you want to do is not possible. If you took an image of the current harddrive with Norton Ghost or drive Image, then saved it to CD or another partition, then installed the new harddrive and transferred the image over, it is possible that it would ork. No Guarantees though.
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Imaging software will work fine in this case. Copying from the command prompt will not.
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Yes. Imaging is one way, cloning is another.
Imaging: backup the content of your current hard drive to another location and then copy back
Cloning: copy directly from the old disk to the new
Either way, you need special software to do it.
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i'm in a similar situation. wouldn't the windows files and settings transfer wizard do the job if i wanted to clone one drive to the other? i could just save the file that windows makes to the new drive and install it there or would that not work?
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no, it is more complicated than that. The File and Settings wizard only copies/transfers files and settings, not an OS.
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i see.... if i had the os could i use that? and if i could would everything besides the os go over to the new drive? i know it's probably yes but i need to ask so i know of any quirkes to expect.
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| Ok. Thanks everyone. I think I will just hook three harddrives up to another computer and transfer the data on one to the new drive, while in windows. Is it as simple as just selecting everything on the D: drive and copying it to the new harddrive, or will I need to use special software?
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Transferring data will work by copying. All programs must be reinstalled.
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