How to install XP on an external USB tray/enclosure before using Ghost to clone?
- From: "Paul Soderman" <kidpocono@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 10 May 2006 16:55:49 -0700
I understand that in cloning an old drive to a new drive, using Norton
Ghost, it may be necessary to install XP on the new drive before the
Ghost clone is performed, using the original recovery or installation
CD. I've tried this, but so far have been unable to get the XP
installer to recognize the new drive, which I have in an external tray
via USB connection. The installer apparently looks only to the current
drive in the C drive and notes, correctly, that because of the SP2 I
have on it, XP would be installing an older version over the new.
I'd like to try the XP install on the new drive, via the USB hookup,
before giving Ghost another try. Hopefully, that will enable the
cloned, new drive to be able to boot up the system when it replaces the
old drive. Is there a way to have the XP CD installer "see" the
external, new drive (shown in "My Computer" as being the E drive) so as
to install the operating system there? Or would it be necessary instead
to yank the old drive, install the new one, and then do the install via
the XP installer on the CD before putting the old drive back in the
Dell to make the clone to the USB drive containing the new drive?
Thanks for any help!
Paul
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