Win xp hard drive to 2000

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Darth Ferret

I'm trying to take a hard drive that was previously a Windows XP system
drive before it crashed, and slave it to a Windows 2K Prof computer to get
the data that I want to save, before I totally reload it. Should the Windows
2K computer be able to read from the XP drive; I'm scrolling through
hundreds of unreadable file segments.

If I make the XP drive the master drive and take option F10 in the post to
reload xp it gets just so far, and starts asking for XP media that did not
come with the H.P. computer. I made the set of about 10 CDs that will
(supposedly) restore the HP computer to factory load, but I want my data off
of it first.

Thanks in advance,
Joe in Florida
 
I'm trying to take a hard drive that was previously a Windows XP system
drive before it crashed, and slave it to a Windows 2K Prof computer to get
the data that I want to save, before I totally reload it. Should the Windows
2K computer be able to read from the XP drive; I'm scrolling through
hundreds of unreadable file segments.

If I make the XP drive the master drive and take option F10 in the post to
reload xp it gets just so far, and starts asking for XP media that did not
come with the H.P. computer. I made the set of about 10 CDs that will
(supposedly) restore the HP computer to factory load, but I want my data off
of it first.

Thanks in advance,
Joe in Florida
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You may run into trouble. Win2000 uses NTFS 3.0. XP uses NTFS 3.1. While XP
would be able to handle a Win2000 drive that was dropped into the box,
Win2000 could have trouble with the newer version of the file system.

A workaround (if the XP machine is at all operable): Instead of moving the
hard drive, create a network connection between the two systems and
transfer the files.

OR... Most of the HP systems have options in their recovery programs. Check
your options to see if you can do a "reinstall Windows only." This will
leave all other folders in place but you'll have a working Windows
available to get that data backed up and/or moved.

If your recovery set provides this option, it leaves you in a situation
where programs still have to be reinstalled. Program files are present but
there are no corresponding registry entries in the new Windows
installation. You'll need to decide what's more efficient for you at that
point: reinstalliing/updating programs or doing the full restore.
 
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