Re: How to move Windows XP to a New Hard Drive?
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 09/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:22:41 +0100
Peter Reaper wrote:
>I have Windows XP Pro and recently bought a new (and larger) hard drive
>(60 GB). I want to give my old hard drive (20 GB) to my parents, and
>don't want to have to reinstall and reconfigure windows and all programs
>on the new hard drive.
>
>How can I move or copy the complete Windows XP installation to my New
>Hard Drive? A free solution is preferable.
What I use is BootIT NG, from http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware -
30 day full functional trial - you will not need them all)
Download, to its own folder, extract from the zip, run the bootitng to
make a boot floppy.
With the new drive plugged in as slave/secondary, boot the floppy,
Cancel Install, entering maintenance, then click on Partition work.
Highlight your C:,Copy, then on left select the new drive (HD1),
highlight the Free Space in it, and Paste.
You might then consider a resize up a bit. I would, though leave much
of the new disk as free space so as later to make a new separate
partition in it
Now click on 'View MBR' and in it highlight the entry for this new C
partition and click the 'Set Active' Click 'Write Standard MBR' and
Apply.
Close out, swap the disks to make the new one the one that boots, and
reboot into XP.
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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