Re: two machines swap harddrives
- From: Rock <rock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:53:24 -0700
keyser_Soze@xxxxxxx wrote:
I would like to make my wife's machine our print/file server and the current print/file server my wife's machine. I am hoping I can do this without having to reinstall software other then device drivers.
Is there an easy way that I can take a drive from one machine and put it in antoher and have it load the correct device drivers for the new machine?
At the very least a repair installation will be needed once the hard drives are switched:
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Assuming I can do the above, I will move the server to my wife's old
machine and
that will be all with it. On my wife's machine, I would like to move
her from a
20 GB drive to a new 160GB drive. Both drives are IDE. How can I copy
the data
from the 20GB drive to the 160GB drive so that it is a single 160 drive
and still bootable?
The new drive should have a utility floppy or CD with it that has a program to copy the old drive's contents to the new drive. If it's an OEM drive then go to the drive manufacturer's web site and download their copy utility.
Another option is to use a drive imaging program, to clone the old drive to the new - Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image, Terrabyte Unlimited's Image for Windows, or BootitNG which has a 30 day full featured trial version.
Thanks!
-- Rock MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
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