Maybe a dumb question re winders xp - GoFuckYourself.com

mikesouth · 02-03-2006, 06:05 PM

Im removing an 80GB drive from one puter

Id like to use it as my primary (read OS drive) on another that is currently a 20GB drive

heres the question

is there a way to copy the current drive including winders to the 80GB drive

so that I may then remove the 20 replace it with the 80 and have everything work same as before

or would I have to re-install XP

Thanks In Advamce

South

mikesouth · 02-03-2006, 07:41 PM

come on yall help a brutha out here

Elli · 02-03-2006, 07:43 PM

IF it was a same size drive and same make, I might try it, but it's going to see it as a different drive. I don't see it going well as a switch without letting XP know.

Helix · 02-03-2006, 07:45 PM

nope....not gonna happen. Burn your data you need to keep to cd/dvd and reinstall

designer_AFR · 02-03-2006, 07:49 PM

you can use norton ghost, it does that kind of stuff, it makes an exact copy of a drive in a directory of your choice. Just make sure the destination drive is blank( ntfs formated) and just launch the stuff. You may find other soft that can do the same work. But my 2 cents is that you should reinstall XP. it takes a little time to have evrything working, and you'll have a BRAND NEW system, faster than your good ol' one

Spunky · 02-03-2006, 07:51 PM

Wouldn't a program like Norton Ghost work?

prime · 02-03-2006, 08:12 PM

I used norton ghost before. They called it cloning ( disk to disk, partition to disk, etc)
JUST BE CAREFUL.
you dont want to confuse your source drive and your destination drive

Outlinezero_yourmofoLOLO · 02-03-2006, 09:07 PM

yeah norton ghost is good. I used it before..

02-03-2006, 06:05 PM	#1
mikesouth Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My High Horse Posts: 6,334	Maybe a dumb question re winders xp Im removing an 80GB drive from one puter Id like to use it as my primary (read OS drive) on another that is currently a 20GB drive heres the question is there a way to copy the current drive including winders to the 80GB drive so that I may then remove the 20 replace it with the 80 and have everything work same as before or would I have to re-install XP Thanks In Advamce South __________________ Mike South It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.

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mikesouth Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My High Horse Posts: 6,334	come on yall help a brutha out here __________________ Mike South It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.

02-03-2006, 07:43 PM	#3
Elli Reach for those stars! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 17,991	IF it was a same size drive and same make, I might try it, but it's going to see it as a different drive. I don't see it going well as a switch without letting XP know. __________________ email: [email protected]

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Helix Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 6,014	nope....not gonna happen. Burn your data you need to keep to cd/dvd and reinstall __________________ Free OneHungLo !!! Free Baddog !!! Free Persia !!!

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designer_AFR Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 296	you can use norton ghost, it does that kind of stuff, it makes an exact copy of a drive in a directory of your choice. Just make sure the destination drive is blank( ntfs formated) and just launch the stuff. You may find other soft that can do the same work. But my 2 cents is that you should reinstall XP. it takes a little time to have evrything working, and you'll have a BRAND NEW system, faster than your good ol' one __________________ icq : 283-261-334 portfolio - *E-MAIL US !!* Last edited by designer_AFR; 02-03-2006 at 07:50 PM..

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