Changing Hard Drives

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From: Patch (bob_acord_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:03:56 -0600

    I have XP Pro installed on a small drive (15 Gig). It is formatted with
NTFS. I would like to transfer the entire install on this drive to a
different 60 Gig that is formatted in Fat 32. I have burned a copy of the
NTFS drive to a DVD. What's the best way to do this? I might add that this
is a dual-boot, so I can boot to a 30 Gig drive where I could restore the
DVD backup to the C: drive. Will the new HD need to be formatted NTFS first?

Thanks

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