how to load windows xp pro recovery cd to a new hard drive?

Answer 1

Set the PC bios to boot first from the CDROM
Save & Exit
Reboot with the CD in the CD Tray
Follow the onscreen prompts

To get to the bios try any one of these key depending on your system. F1-ESC-DEL

Answer 2

This may not be possible because a recovery disc is made to rescue an existing installation of Windows.

You will need an actual copy of windows to install onto a new hard drive.

if you are dealing with 2 different computers (as opposed to a hard drive upgrade), you can SYNC the new computer to the old one and transfer any files/configurations to the new computer after you install windows


If the recovery CD came bundled with your computer, you can go into your BIOS or CMOS setup as the computer starts and change the boot sequence of your hardware to have the CD-ROM boot first, hence loading your recovery CD.

This can be done with pressing either the DEL button or F2 as your computer boots up. (or press the button it says to to enter setup)

Answer 3

Your Question is incomlete. Please Complete it by adding details.

is you question means that you are copy a windows xp cd to driver d? goto ahead simply copy and past

is your computer had windows xp installed on hard driver 1, and yoou had added hard driver 2 , and now wish that windows xp to be move to driver d, then take a back of your hard disk either form windows backup utility or norton ghost, and restore it to hard disk 2.

if you wish that you hard driver (xp installed) . and in hard disk 2 you want to install windows xp restore files, , so that you may recover windows xp of hard disk 1 just in just of any problem, this is not possible,
For this purpose you may use windows xp installtion cd at any time whenever you had problem booting from hard disk 1.

Good Luck

Answer 4

install your new hdd first,
then pop the recovery cd in. set the boot order to CD 1 st
follow instructions

Answer 5

Put it into the drive and boot up, follow the prompts. . .