Re: two machines swap harddrives
- From: Kinell <w@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:47:11 GMT
keyser_Soze@xxxxxxx wrote in
news:1114890090.812736.301660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks!
>
1) Clone the 20GB drive to the 160GB drive using a utility such as
Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. The difference in size is
handled automatically.
2) Swap the hard drives between the two systems.
3) Perform a repair installation of Windows XP on each system.
You will then have two bootable systems.
4) Check each system for any 'loose ends' i.e. device drivers not
included with XP that need to be loaded separately.
.
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