Re: Transfering XP system files into a larger HDD

Pegasus (MVP) wrote: 
"Windows XP user" <just.reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uYqE5dL$FHA.360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi there,

My apologies for the introduction being about as long as Godzilla's
flatulence but maybe better if I give all information in order to make


this

transfer happen.

Currently I have two HDDs. The first is partitioned into two sections 

(C:\

and D:\).  C:\ is purely the operating system and D:\ is the software such
as Corel Draw, Microsoft Office, Adobe, etc.  The second HDD only has one
partition E:\ and that contains all the data including the Temporary
Internet Files and the e-mails.  The My Documents are pointing to a


specific

area of the E:\ drive.

What has happened is that I made an error in judgement and my C:\ drive is
starting to run out of space.  Idealistically I would like to make an


XCOPY

(*** - I'm still a man form the DOS era)  of all folders and files into a
larger drive that is also partition similar as the smaller drive.

What I did is replace the data drive with the new drive. I then 

partitioned

accordingly and formatted them to NTFS.  I have then assigned them a drive
letter in order to copy them across.  I highlighted all the files and
folders in the original and dragged them to the new drive's primary
partition and then I receive some sort of error.  I cannot remember fully
but it was something I believe that the files were in use etc.

At this point I decided to halt the transfer, replaced the drive back to 

my

old drive and sought some help.

Is there a good set of procedures that I could make such a transfer.

Thanks in advance. 


Windows won't let you copy itself to a different partition  because
a number of its files are open and therefore locked. There are
several options to do what you want to do:
- Use an imaging program (Acronis, DriveImage)

Do you happen to know a web site that gives simple instructions for using Acronis?

Thanks,

Alias
.