Change Drive Letter

From: Alex Levi (AlexLevi_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:25:39 -0800

I have Windows XP Pro installed on Drive D of my old HDD and I would like to
move it to my new HDD (on the same PC) to drive C.

How it is possible to move windows (and all programs installed with it) from
one drive to another (without reinstalling)?

If I just change the drive letter from D to C. Is my windows will also
change all it's registry that apply to drive D to the new drive C?
If not, how is it possible to do with 3rd party software (if it exists)?

The reoson that I want to do it is becase my old HDD has bad clusters and
sometimes data is corrupted. So I want to move my windows to the new HDD
without installing it again.

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