is it possible to copy windows xp over to a new hardrive or do I need to re-install from scratch?
ken

 

very easy to do

go to the drives website, and do a search. you will find a utility there to do it, which is much easier than ghost or any others i have tried. (for this type of thing)

I just did this using western digitals program, called data lifeguard.

Put the new drive in as a slave, it copies all the files across, switch off, swap the drive to master, boot back up and away you go.

Gareth

 

Copying files can be done as Gareth mentions, but I'd install from scratch. A copy will just move over all the registry crap & format errors. Installing from scratch can take a day but it's worth it.

 

Either will do. I would go for the copy first. Bare in mind that you may have to start service packing and installing all of those windows updates on again from scratch. Can be a bit of a pain if you don't have broadband. SP2 for win XP is around 300MB just to download.

 

thats why I was hoping to copy across to save having to put all the updates back on. thanks for the help
ken