i just bought an internal hard drive because my hard drive i have now is too small in gb. i know i have to back up my data but i lost my windows xp disk. will i need my windows xp disk in the instillation??
2007-04-22 13:03:24 · 6 answers · asked by Nanu 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
u could transfer the window xp from ur hdd to the new internal hdd or try to find the file in ur hdd partation n burn on a removable disc.
2007-04-22 13:10:27 · answer #1 · answered by cellular 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You could clone your old hard drive using xxclone.
It will require that you set your new hard drive as a slave by removing the jumpers (set 4 x 2 pins inbetween the 40 pin IDE ribbon cable socket and the 4 pin power socket) and attaching it to a secondary position on a two socket IDE cable.
When the new hard drive is cloned you then put the jumper back in so that it now the master and remove your old drive.
2007-04-22 13:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If yours is a tower (desktop) you can 'clone' the complete C: drive to the new larger drive using True Image (backup software). Then use the new drive as your new C: drive. All installed programs will have been copied so you can use them without reinstalling them.
If yours is a laptop, then you can do that too, but you'll need an external USB enclosure to use with the new drive to clone the old one.
2007-04-22 13:26:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need the disk to reinstall. You can add the new drive as a slave and you can even have a second Program files. You can uninstall all nonessential softwares and reinstall them to the second drive. If you do it this way, you won't need to reinstall.
2007-04-22 13:11:35 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Soldier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try opal-1.com
2007-04-22 13:55:16 · answer #5 · answered by john p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you most definitely will. Don't try it without it.
2007-04-22 13:10:17 · answer #6 · answered by Doug H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋