Swapping Boot Drive Letters

[Guest]

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I just purchased a new, second hard drive for my system
running Win XP. Currently, XP runs from my C: drive and I
would like to move to my new drive. If I copy the entire
contents of my C: drive to my new D: drive via Ghost or
other software, would I then be able to swap the boot
drive letters using the instructions in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;Q223188 ?

 

[john]

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You should be able to copy the drive then reboot without the old drive
connected and it will set the new drive as C:. Once done you can then
rehook up the old drive and it will be set up as D: or what ever is next.

"Aryc" <xpquestion@netcropolis.com> wrote in message
news:039601c4246b$dcb88f80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> I just purchased a new, second hard drive for my system
> running Win XP. Currently, XP runs from my C: drive and I
> would like to move to my new drive. If I copy the entire
> contents of my C: drive to my new D: drive via Ghost or
> other software, would I then be able to swap the boot
> drive letters using the instructions in
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
> US;Q223188 ?
>
>