Can the xp operating system be transfered from one hard drive to a

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I have a system boot-up hard drive going bad. I have another hard drive on
the same computer. Can I transfer the system to the good hard drive?
 
Can you be a little more specific? I have my cd for the xp home edition but
was hoping i didn't have to re-install everything on the good hard drive.
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Thanks;
Jack in California


DL said:
provided you have the cd's
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This can be done easily by making a backup of your disk onto another disk
with a backup program. You can then swap drives or install a new drive and
copy the backup drive back to the new drive.
Jack in California said:
Can you be a little more specific? I have my cd for the xp home edition
but
was hoping i didn't have to re-install everything on the good hard drive.
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If the drive is going bad & its giving errors in apps, ie bad clusters
causing file corruption, then an image will likely simply copy any
corruption.

If its still sound then an Imaging App eg Acronis True Image - there are
others - can be used
You may also find your HD manufacturers site has a free clone utility
Whichever you choose simply follow the instructions, specifically those that
say to shutdown PC after image/clone completed

Jack in California said:
Can you be a little more specific? I have my cd for the xp home edition
but
was hoping i didn't have to re-install everything on the good hard drive.
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