Change XP from one partition to another

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GypsyMax

When I "upgraded" from WindowsME to WindowsXP home edition, XP installed to a
second partition on my hard drive, much smaller and always running low on
disk space, rather than upgrading. My theory is to delete all of the ME
files, copy (and/or move) the XP files from d: to c: and change all of the
d:\windows registry entries to c:\windows. Should this work?
 
GypsyMax said:
When I "upgraded" from WindowsME to WindowsXP home edition, XP
installed to a second partition on my hard drive, much smaller and
always running low on disk space, rather than upgrading. My theory
is to delete all of the ME files, copy (and/or move) the XP files
from d: to c: and change all of the d:\windows registry entries to
c:\windows. Should this work?
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Technically - given all the possible references to D: vs C: - you could do
it but you will likely end up missing MANY and would probably be better off
doing a clean installation of Windows XP using your upgrade media and the
Windows ME media as qualifying media when asked to provide it.
 
GypsyMax said:
When I "upgraded" from WindowsME to WindowsXP home edition, XP installed
to a
second partition on my hard drive, much smaller and always running low on
disk space, rather than upgrading. My theory is to delete all of the ME
files, copy (and/or move) the XP files from d: to c: and change all of the
d:\windows registry entries to c:\windows. Should this work?
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Not something I'd recommend.

Why not use a program such as Partition Magic, Acronis Disk Director, or
BootitNG to shrink the partition containing your C drive and add the then
unallocated space to the partition containing your D drive.

I believe that trial versions of Disk Director and BootIT NG are available.

Norton PartitionMagic 8.0
http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

Acronis Disk Director 10.0
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

BootIT Next Generation
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

Keep in mind that ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini, and bootsect.dos should be
left on your C drive. It would also be a good idea to back up any files you
can't afford to lose before making any changes to your computer.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Nepatsfan said:
Not something I'd recommend.

Why not use a program such as Partition Magic, Acronis Disk Director,
or BootitNG to shrink the partition containing your C drive and add the
then unallocated space to the partition containing your D drive.

I believe that trial versions of Disk Director and BootIT NG are available.

Norton PartitionMagic 8.0
http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

Acronis Disk Director 10.0
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

BootIT Next Generation
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

Keep in mind that ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini, and bootsect.dos should be
left on your C drive. It would also be a good idea to back up any files you
can't afford to lose before making any changes to your computer.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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I can see adding space to the "high" end of the partition, but are
you certain that unallocated space can be added (and accessed) *below*
the original partition's sectors, and that the original partition's file table
can "float" above the newly added space?

*TimDaniels*
 
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