Moving Windows XP to a second hard drive.?

Question

Hello,
I read on the internet and on here some of the answers, about using Acronis to do this.

but. im still not sure about how to do it.
I have 28GB that I need to move to the second hard drive, and I need it to stay untouched, as in programs, files, everything AS IS, registry and all.

so what if I create a 28GB image, that wouldn't really help me would it?...

can I do this:
1) create the 28GB image
2) connect the 2nd hard drive
3) install the 28GB image to the second hard drive using WinXP from the first hard drive (this should also take the registry with it right?)
4) remove the first hard drive and boot from second.


thanks

thanks Tofu-
but the problem is, I don't have an external HDD,
I only have 2 things, 40GB hard drive, 80GB hard drive.

There is 28GB of data on the 80GB hard drive and I want to transfer all of that to the 40GB hard drive as is...

so your way doesn't work for me?

Answer 1

It should be as simple as :

Run Acronis to create an image of the old HDD (say to a USB external drive)

Create a bootable recovery CD

Remove old drive, install new drive, boot from the recovery CD

Restore the image to the new HDD

I use Acronis daily and if its done right, its really that simple, the reason I suggest image is that you CANT accidentally delete or trash your old hard drive, I have seen some users get confused when trying to clone the drive and get mixed up with which drive is what,

Answer 2

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