"~Sage" wrote:
> On Jan 4, 4:19 pm, Mark Adams <MarkAd...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > "ampig" wrote:
> >
> > > I just upgraded the hard drive in my girlfriends computer. It had 80GB
> > > and I added an additional 250GB drive. The OS is XP Home 2002. How do I
> > > go about moving _*everything*_ to the larger hard drive?
> >
> > Use the cloning software that came with the new disk to clone the old disk
> > to the new. Everything is copied to the new disk and the installation is
> > bootable just as the old disk. When the cloning process has finished, shut
> > the machine down and remove the original disk before restarting. Do not
> > reformat the old disk until you are sure the cloned disk functions normally.
>
> Will this procedure work for an OEM XP version installed on a HD? My
> HD on another PC is failing and this looks to be a good solution,
> considering I only have restore disks, not the XP cd.
>
> ~Sage
> .
>
Sage, as far as I know you can clone any kind of operating system using this
procedure, as long as the source hard drive is in good enough shape to copy
the data off. The cloning tools that come from the hard drive manufacturers
are generally brand specific, meaning that the tool must come from the maker
of one of the drives (usually the destination drive). If your new hard drive
didn't come with a utility CD, you can download the utility from the maker's
website. You can get versions that can run from a floppy or a CD.
To use the cloning tool, Slave the new drive into your computer. Set the
computer to boot from the floppy or CD, put the disk in the drive and boot
the machine. Follow the instructions that came with new hard drive to make
the clone. The process runs off the boot disk while Windows isn't even
running, so it just copies everything from the source drive to the
destination drive regardless of what kind of data it is. This includes all
the viruses, spyware, and other malware that your source drive contains!
When the cloning is done, shut down the computer and remove the source
drive. Remove the utility disk from the drive and reboot the machine. It
should now boot on the new drive. Don't reformat the old drive until you are
absolutely sure that the clone is functioning correctly.