I installed a new 200 GB drive. My old drive (C drive) on which the OS is installed is low on disk space and I've tried everything I can to remove unnecessary files and programs (including changing where Documents and Settings are stored). I'd like to avoid reinstalling XP. Is it possible to copy the C drive onto a partition on the new drive and then have the machine boot from this instead?
2007-08-11 04:48:54 · 4 answers · asked by VarmintHunter07 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Sorry but you have to install OS on that new drive if you want to make it your bootable drive. You also need to enable it in BIOS as your bootable drive.
2007-08-16 16:29:23 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is possible by messing with the BIOS (needs to boot from logical partition XX instead of C:)
Rather than do that - why not bump all the applications and data into the logical partition and leave the OS on the C:
This means that every application should be installed to the new partition, the temp directory of windows should be remapped to the new partition (easy to do) and basically anything that isn't OS isn't on the OS drive.
Easier (still time consuming) than your suggested approach and in the long run - much more robust.
2007-08-11 05:03:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could be wrong but I am pretty sure that you can't boot OS from logical partition. From what I know, windows only boots from primary partition.
It would be better to reinstall windows since copying the partition could lead to more serious problem if not done properly and it's more prone to errors from my experience.
2007-08-16 14:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by shieken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Image it. There are many ways to image a hard drive and disk manager 10(ten) is what I would recomend. Its free well it was for me with wester digital drives.
2007-08-18 16:54:43 · answer #4 · answered by Mystic Warrior 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋