New Hard Drive

[Chuck]

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This question should REALLY test the people around here who know their
stuff.

I bought a new hard drive. I use two drive, partitioned into six partitions
total. I wish to make my new drive the boot drive. I have already
partitioned and formatted the new drive and am in the process of drag-n-drop
copying all C: drive (windows XP Home boot drive) to the new partition.

Here is the question: Which files will NOT copy for me, and how do I
overcome the absence of these files without a full re-install, and perhaps
without needing to "Activate" it again. I have the full install CDROM, so I
can re-install if I must, but what a headache.

I have copied all the files I could, and I'm about 40MB short (63 files).

Thanks for the help
Chuck

 

[Guest]

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"Really test",don't think so...To copy C: drive to new hd,simply format the
hd (new),go to run,type:XCOPY C:\*.* D:\ /c/h/e/k/r Agree to all in the DOS
window,when its thru,youre finished.Also,D: being the new hd,you can sub-
stitute theletter if asigned diffrent one.Also,new needs to be slave on
same IDE
cable as C:

"Chuck" wrote:

> This question should REALLY test the people around here who know their
> stuff.
>
> I bought a new hard drive. I use two drive, partitioned into six partitions
> total. I wish to make my new drive the boot drive. I have already
> partitioned and formatted the new drive and am in the process of drag-n-drop
> copying all C: drive (windows XP Home boot drive) to the new partition.
>
> Here is the question: Which files will NOT copy for me, and how do I
> overcome the absence of these files without a full re-install, and perhaps
> without needing to "Activate" it again. I have the full install CDROM, so I
> can re-install if I must, but what a headache.
>
> I have copied all the files I could, and I'm about 40MB short (63 files).
>
> Thanks for the help
> Chuck
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Chuck

There is absolutely NO WAY that copying and pasting an OS to another drive
can give you a fresh working installation.. in the time it has taken you so
far, you could have installed from the CD and had yourself a working
system..

If you do not know how to install from CD.. go to this website..

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com

All you need to know is there.. good luck..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm





"Chuck" <cumerin1@antelecom.net> wrote in message
news:u%23PWQjHTFHA.2996@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> This question should REALLY test the people around here who know their
> stuff.
>
> I bought a new hard drive. I use two drive, partitioned into six
> partitions total. I wish to make my new drive the boot drive. I have
> already partitioned and formatted the new drive and am in the process of
> drag-n-drop copying all C: drive (windows XP Home boot drive) to the new
> partition.
>
> Here is the question: Which files will NOT copy for me, and how do I
> overcome the absence of these files without a full re-install, and perhaps
> without needing to "Activate" it again. I have the full install CDROM, so
> I can re-install if I must, but what a headache.
>
> I have copied all the files I could, and I'm about 40MB short (63 files).
>
> Thanks for the help
> Chuck

 

[Chuck]

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This I agree with, but wouldn't I be able to do a "repair" of the OS after
drag-n-drop of 98% of the files?

Chuck

"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:uoFkj4LTFHA.2256@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Chuck
>
> There is absolutely NO WAY that copying and pasting an OS to another drive
> can give you a fresh working installation.. in the time it has taken you
> so far, you could have installed from the CD and had yourself a working
> system..
>
> If you do not know how to install from CD.. go to this website..
>
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
>
> All you need to know is there.. good luck..
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/user
>
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>
>
>
> "Chuck" <cumerin1@antelecom.net> wrote in message
> news:u%23PWQjHTFHA.2996@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> This question should REALLY test the people around here who know their
>> stuff.
>>
>> I bought a new hard drive. I use two drive, partitioned into six
>> partitions total. I wish to make my new drive the boot drive. I have
>> already partitioned and formatted the new drive and am in the process of
>> drag-n-drop copying all C: drive (windows XP Home boot drive) to the new
>> partition.
>>
>> Here is the question: Which files will NOT copy for me, and how do I
>> overcome the absence of these files without a full re-install, and
>> perhaps without needing to "Activate" it again. I have the full install
>> CDROM, so I can re-install if I must, but what a headache.
>>
>> I have copied all the files I could, and I'm about 40MB short (63 files).
>>
>> Thanks for the help
>> Chuck
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Andrew E.

Yet again, you demonstrate no understanding of the original question, and
the advice you give is misleading and wrong.. I would suggest that you set
up another computer and try out some of your arcane ideas on it to see if
they actually work BEFORE posting them to other people..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm





"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:6744B840-8E44-47B4-9189-A979FD4A2B68@microsoft.com...
> "Really test",don't think so...To copy C: drive to new hd,simply format
> the
> hd (new),go to run,type:XCOPY C:\*.* D:\ /c/h/e/k/r Agree to all in the
> DOS
> window,when its thru,youre finished.Also,D: being the new hd,you can sub-
> stitute theletter if asigned diffrent one.Also,new needs to be slave on
> same IDE
> cable as C:
>
> "Chuck" wrote:
>
>> This question should REALLY test the people around here who know their
>> stuff.
>>
>> I bought a new hard drive. I use two drive, partitioned into six
>> partitions
>> total. I wish to make my new drive the boot drive. I have already
>> partitioned and formatted the new drive and am in the process of
>> drag-n-drop
>> copying all C: drive (windows XP Home boot drive) to the new partition.
>>
>> Here is the question: Which files will NOT copy for me, and how do I
>> overcome the absence of these files without a full re-install, and
>> perhaps
>> without needing to "Activate" it again. I have the full install CDROM, so
>> I
>> can re-install if I must, but what a headache.
>>
>> I have copied all the files I could, and I'm about 40MB short (63 files).
>>
>> Thanks for the help
>> Chuck
>>
>>

 

[Guest]

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Chuck

98% of the files may or may not include files that XP needs to be able to
boot.. there are many hidden and system files that will not copy over..
essentially, a repair install would take as long as a new install, and you
will still have to re-install updates..

When Windows installs, it doesn't just copy files to a hard drive.. were it
that easy..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm





"Chuck" <cumerin1@antelecom.net> wrote in message
news:OG9nz%23LTFHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> This I agree with, but wouldn't I be able to do a "repair" of the OS after
> drag-n-drop of 98% of the files?
>
> Chuck
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:uoFkj4LTFHA.2256@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Chuck
>>
>> There is absolutely NO WAY that copying and pasting an OS to another
>> drive can give you a fresh working installation.. in the time it has
>> taken you so far, you could have installed from the CD and had yourself a
>> working system..
>>
>> If you do not know how to install from CD.. go to this website..
>>
>> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
>>
>> All you need to know is there.. good luck..
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/user
>>
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Chuck" <cumerin1@antelecom.net> wrote in message
>> news:u%23PWQjHTFHA.2996@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> This question should REALLY test the people around here who know their
>>> stuff.
>>>
>>> I bought a new hard drive. I use two drive, partitioned into six
>>> partitions total. I wish to make my new drive the boot drive. I have
>>> already partitioned and formatted the new drive and am in the process of
>>> drag-n-drop copying all C: drive (windows XP Home boot drive) to the new
>>> partition.
>>>
>>> Here is the question: Which files will NOT copy for me, and how do I
>>> overcome the absence of these files without a full re-install, and
>>> perhaps without needing to "Activate" it again. I have the full install
>>> CDROM, so I can re-install if I must, but what a headache.
>>>
>>> I have copied all the files I could, and I'm about 40MB short (63
>>> files).
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help
>>> Chuck
>>
>>
>

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

Go to ebay and get Ghost for about $20. Use it's clone option and it'll
make an exact bootable copy of your old drive onto your new one. I use
it every week this way for backing up everything on my drive.
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[Guest]

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You can do this with a basic copy if you have the source and destination
drives as slaves of another installation (on a third drive). Then you
can either Ghost across or indeed XCOPY, with some messing about to
ensure the system boots (you write the boot track using a utility).

But a re-install isnt to hard and less effore really (no screwdriver
needed) as long as you dont want to repoduce many copies.


Chuck wrote:
> This question should REALLY test the people around here who know their
> stuff.
>
> I bought a new hard drive. I use two drive, partitioned into six
> partitions total. I wish to make my new drive the boot drive. I have
> already partitioned and formatted the new drive and am in the process of
> drag-n-drop copying all C: drive (windows XP Home boot drive) to the new
> partition.
>
> Here is the question: Which files will NOT copy for me, and how do I
> overcome the absence of these files without a full re-install, and
> perhaps without needing to "Activate" it again. I have the full install
> CDROM, so I can re-install if I must, but what a headache.
>
> I have copied all the files I could, and I'm about 40MB short (63 files).
>
> Thanks for the help
> Chuck