I'm trying to upgrade my pc's hdd so I've taken the hdd out of the machine & installed it in another pc together with a larger hdd to copy onto. During copying I get this error message " cannot create or replace system volume information: access denied, make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use. Neither of points relates to me as I am using windows from from neither of the 2 hdds I've installed into the new machine. Tee new hdd has been formatted and is twice the size of the one I'm trying to copy. Can any body help! I thought this method would be easier methodinstead of installing xp on the new hdd then copying file accross.
2007-12-09 07:06:23 · 1 answers · asked by shane649 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You can't "copy" an operating system to a new drive, instead you must image it through the use of any imaging program like Norton's Ghost.
2007-12-09 07:17:49 · answer #1 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋