Transfering XP system files into a larger HDD

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.



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