RE: New XP installation on new Hard Drive

I don't have the answer to your questions, though from what I've read, unless
the cloning is done and used on an OEM BIOS-Locked system, which is what I
have, it probably would require activation, even if there is no change in
hardware, whether on the original computer or another one. Though the WD
drive I cloned works flawlessly on my computer, I'm reasonably certain it
wouldn't work on any other computer. I'd be interested in knowing how it
works out for you.

Marty

"REDWAGON" wrote:

> Hey Marty, if one can "clone" a hard drive that easy, wouldn't that be
> dodging the MS activation ? What would stop anyone from cloning a new HD and
> then using that HD on another machine ? Especially if that 2nd computer was
> the exact twin, as far as hardware goes, to the original computer. Maybe when
> you install, it takes into account the serial numbers of certain hardware in
> the computer. If it did that then that would stop it I guess. Anyway thanks
> Marty for the Western Digital download. That will come in very handy for me
> if it works. I'll give it a try.
> Redwagon..........
>
>
> "Marty" wrote:
>
> > Western Digital has a program that will effectively clone your present HD,
> > including the OS, to your new WD drive. Of course, you need two HD slots in
> > the computer to do it. Once cloned you can use the new HD as the master and
> > the old one as the primary slave/backup. You can download the WD program at:
> > http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=1
> >
> > Marty
> >
> > "REDWAGON" wrote:
> >
> > > Running Win XP (Home) on computer with a 30Gb hard drive. I have purchased a
> > > new 80Gb hard drive and would like to re-install the operating system on the
> > > new HD. The new HD is formatted NTFS and pins set to Master drive. I have
> > > made no other changes to any hardware on the compute. If I remove the
> > > original 30 GB HD and install the new 80GB HD and then install my Win XP on
> > > it, will I have to go through all Microsoft Activation thing again ??
> > >
> > > Any help on how to get my HD changed to the new 80GB one and my operating
> > > system on it would be appreciated. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Redwagon.........
> > >
.

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