Is there a way that I can move XP OS to a new drive without losing data &
licenscing? My current drive (c is at 97% used (40gb), and it starting to
develope noise (possible crash failure soon?). I purchased a new 120gb drive
and would like to move all data from C: to this new one that is on Drive D:
And if you say 3rd Party software can anyone recommend a free version to do
it?

Just need a pure transfer from a leaky drive to a new one. And ditch the leak.

Thanks in advance!

I tried out Casper XP but.. I cant do it because it says there isnt enough
space available

"DC" wrote:

> Is there a way that I can move XP OS to a new drive without losing data &
> licenscing? My current drive (c is at 97% used (40gb), and it starting to
> develope noise (possible crash failure soon?). I purchased a new 120gb drive
> and would like to move all data from C: to this new one that is on Drive D:
> And if you say 3rd Party software can anyone recommend a free version to do
> it?
>
> Just need a pure transfer from a leaky drive to a new one. And ditch the leak.
>
> Thanks in advance!

DC wrote:

> Is there a way that I can move XP OS to a new drive without losing data &
> licenscing? My current drive (c is at 97% used (40gb), and it starting to
> develope noise (possible crash failure soon?). I purchased a new 120gb drive
> and would like to move all data from C: to this new one that is on Drive D:
> And if you say 3rd Party software can anyone recommend a free version to do
> it?
>
> Just need a pure transfer from a leaky drive to a new one. And ditch the leak.
>
> Thanks in advance!

The new drive should have come with software, a CD or floppy disk,
containing a copy utility to copy the old drive to the new. If it
didn't come with that go to the new drive manufacturer's web site and
download it. It's free. Install the new drive as a slave drive. After
the drive contents are copied remove the old drive, cable and set the
jumpers on the new drive as Master, remove all peripherals such as zip
drive, etc, and boot from the new drive. After that you can install the
old drive as slave, delete the data and use it for storage.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

The current partition on the new drive has to go.
Go to the manufacturer's website of the hard drive you purchased for free
cloning.
--
Jonny
"DC" <DC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F85AFD92-89AD-49FF-8550-4757160A738F@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way that I can move XP OS to a new drive without losing data &
> licenscing? My current drive (c is at 97% used (40gb), and it starting
to
> develope noise (possible crash failure soon?). I purchased a new 120gb
drive
> and would like to move all data from C: to this new one that is on Drive
D:
> And if you say 3rd Party software can anyone recommend a free version to
do
> it?
>
> Just need a pure transfer from a leaky drive to a new one. And ditch the
leak.
>
> Thanks in advance!

"DC" <DC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F85AFD92-89AD-49FF-8550-4757160A738F@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way that I can move XP OS to a new drive without losing data &
> licenscing? My current drive (c is at 97% used (40gb), and it starting
to
> develope noise (possible crash failure soon?). I purchased a new 120gb
drive
> and would like to move all data from C: to this new one that is on Drive
D:
> And if you say 3rd Party software can anyone recommend a free version to
do
> it?
>
> Just need a pure transfer from a leaky drive to a new one. And ditch the
leak.
>
> Thanks in advance!

1. Manufacture yourself a Bart PE boot CD
(www.bootdisk.com). This will take a little time
but it's an extremely useful tool to have.
2. Connect one disk as a master, the other as a slave.
3. Boot into WinXP and format the new disk. Set its
system partition to "active".
4. Boot the machine with the Bart PE boot CD.
5. Run this command from a Command Prompt:
xcopy /s /e /h /y /o /c c:\*.* d:\*.*
6. Remove the old disk.
7. Boot with the new disk. If it won't boot, do this:
8. Boot the machine with your WinXP CD.
9. Select Repair, then Recovery Console.
10. Type these commands:
fixboot
fixmbr

=?Utf-8?B?REM=?= wrote:
>
> Is there a way that I can move XP OS to a new drive without losing data &
> licenscing? My current drive (c is at 97% used (40gb), and it starting to

NO guaranteed way.

> develope noise (possible crash failure soon?). I purchased a new 120gb drive
> and would like to move all data from C: to this new one that is on Drive D:
> And if you say 3rd Party software can anyone recommend a free version to do
> it?
>
> Just need a pure transfer from a leaky drive to a new one. And ditch the leak.
>
> Thanks in advance!

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