Installing on a new drive - same computer

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I have windows xp home w/sp2 updates installed on my c-drive. I am replacing
an older drive with a 400 gig. I want to install windows on my new drive
along with my programs. Any help? Will I be able to use my existing windows
on my new drive? Will I have to remove my windows from my current C-drive?
 
Assuming C is the older drive, and your winxp is sp1 or later.
(If winxp cd is pre sp1 it will only be able to format to 137gb)
Disconect old C, connect new drive, boot from wincd and
partition/format/install
Update.
Connect origonal drive as slave, Install whatever to wherever, recover data,
if thats what you want to new drive
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us will also be relevent in
recovery of data
 
My C-drive is 120 gig, my d-drive is 20 gig. My d-drive is the drive that
died. The win xp disk I have is pre sp1. I want to make teh new 400 gig my
primary-bootable disk & turn my 120 gig into an auxillary drive, having my
programs (located on the 120 gig) available to use. Any suggestions?

Thanks
LAMc
 
I would leave the 120 as the XP boot disk and install the 400 as a slave in
place of your old dead 20. There's no advantage to making the c drive a 400
gb unless your 120 is really, really slow. There is also no advantage to
installing programs on anything but C, use the 400 for data backup keeping
one copy on C and another on the 400.
 
Good advise. thanks for all of your help

justme said:
I would leave the 120 as the XP boot disk and install the 400 as a slave in
place of your old dead 20. There's no advantage to making the c drive a 400
gb unless your 120 is really, really slow. There is also no advantage to
installing programs on anything but C, use the 400 for data backup keeping
one copy on C and another on the 400.
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'LAMc Drafting' wrote:
|I have windows xp home w/sp2 updates installed on my c-drive. I am
replacing
| an older drive with a 400 gig. I want to install windows on my new drive
| along with my programs. Any help? Will I be able to use my existing
windows
| on my new drive? Will I have to remove my windows from my current C-drive?
_____

There should be a utility packaged with your new hard drive to move the
contents of your old boot drive to the new drive (if you bought a retail
package drive.) There is no need to install/reinstall Windows or anything
else.

If no hard drive clone program came with your new drive, a third-party
program like 'Norton Ghost' can make an image of your old drive and restore
it to the new drive. No need to install/reinstall your operating system,
applications, and data. Even better, you still have the original with all
its contents available as a backup until you put the old drive to another
use. After the transfer you can either create new partitions in the unused
space on the new drive, or you can use a program like 'Norton Partition
Magic' to expand the original partition(s) to use the entire capacity of the
new drive. There are alternative programs, some even may be free.

Phil Weldon


|I have windows xp home w/sp2 updates installed on my c-drive. I am
replacing
| an older drive with a 400 gig. I want to install windows on my new drive
| along with my programs. Any help? Will I be able to use my existing
windows
| on my new drive? Will I have to remove my windows from my current C-drive?
 
'DL' wrote, in part:
| Assuming C is the older drive, and your winxp is sp1 or later.
| (If winxp cd is pre sp1 it will only be able to format to 137gb)
| Disconect old C, connect new drive, boot from wincd and
| partition/format/install
| Update.
| Connect origonal drive as slave, Install whatever to wherever, recover
data,
| if thats what you want to new drive
_____

There is no need to reinstall windows or anthing else when changing from one
working hard drive to another.

Phil Weldon

| Assuming C is the older drive, and your winxp is sp1 or later.
| (If winxp cd is pre sp1 it will only be able to format to 137gb)
| Disconect old C, connect new drive, boot from wincd and
| partition/format/install
| Update.
| Connect origonal drive as slave, Install whatever to wherever, recover
data,
| if thats what you want to new drive
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us will also be relevent in
| recovery of data
|
| | > I have windows xp home w/sp2 updates installed on my c-drive. I am
| replacing
| > an older drive with a 400 gig. I want to install windows on my new drive
| > along with my programs. Any help? Will I be able to use my existing
| windows
| > on my new drive? Will I have to remove my windows from my current
C-drive?
|
|
 
'justme' wrote:
| I would leave the 120 as the XP boot disk and install the 400 as a slave
in
| place of your old dead 20. There's no advantage to making the c drive a
400
| gb unless your 120 is really, really slow. There is also no advantage to
| installing programs on anything but C, use the 400 for data backup keeping
| one copy on C and another on the 400.
_____

No, the operating system should be on the newer, faster hard drive. A 400
GByte hard drive will have a considerably faster sustained data rate because
of the much higher recording density (more data per second passes the R/W
heads.) All that is necessary is to clone the 120 GByte hard drive to the
new 400 GByte hard drive, then either use the extra space for new
partitions, or use a partition manager to expand the original partition(s)
to use the entire capacity.

Phil Weldon

|I would leave the 120 as the XP boot disk and install the 400 as a slave in
| place of your old dead 20. There's no advantage to making the c drive a
400
| gb unless your 120 is really, really slow. There is also no advantage to
| installing programs on anything but C, use the 400 for data backup keeping
| one copy on C and another on the 400.
|
| | > My C-drive is 120 gig, my d-drive is 20 gig. My d-drive is the drive
that
| > died. The win xp disk I have is pre sp1. I want to make teh new 400 gig
my
| > primary-bootable disk & turn my 120 gig into an auxillary drive, having
my
| > programs (located on the 120 gig) available to use. Any suggestions?
| >
| > Thanks
| > LAMc
| >
| > "DL" wrote:
| >
| >> Assuming C is the older drive, and your winxp is sp1 or later.
| >> (If winxp cd is pre sp1 it will only be able to format to 137gb)
| >> Disconect old C, connect new drive, boot from wincd and
| >> partition/format/install
| >> Update.
| >> Connect origonal drive as slave, Install whatever to wherever, recover
| >> data,
| >> if thats what you want to new drive
| >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us will also be relevent in
| >> recovery of data
| >>
| >> message
| >> | >> > I have windows xp home w/sp2 updates installed on my c-drive. I am
| >> replacing
| >> > an older drive with a 400 gig. I want to install windows on my new
| >> > drive
| >> > along with my programs. Any help? Will I be able to use my existing
| >> windows
| >> > on my new drive? Will I have to remove my windows from my current
| >> > C-drive?
| >>
| >>
| >>
|
|
 
LAMc said:
My C-drive is 120 gig, my d-drive is 20 gig. My d-drive is the drive that
died. The win xp disk I have is pre sp1. I want to make teh new 400 gig my
primary-bootable disk & turn my 120 gig into an auxillary drive, having my
programs (located on the 120 gig) available to use. Any suggestions?

Thanks
LAMc
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As an aside you may like to consider preparing a slipstreamed CD with
SP2 included for future use in case you need to do a repair install on
your machine that has SP2 installed.

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
 
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