New hard drive!

[solid102]

Hey i was thinking of replacing my old harddrive with a new one now the problem is I got all my stuff along with drivers and windows on my old hard drive.

Is there a way for me to copy everything on my newer hard drive without having to go threw that re-activation of XP crap i had to go threw the first time i upgraded my pc and if so how?

 

[Ronnie]

i highly doubt you can do that

im almost positive that you would have to reinstall xp

 

[Jrod]

Ditto. Nazisoft won't let you do that. It's actually not Nazisoft's fault, it's just how OS's work...I just wanted to call it Nazisoft.

 

[solid102]

dammit

 

[solid102]

what if i get vista can i switch where widnows is installed yet still be able to obaitn all my drivers from my old hard disk.

 

[solid102]

bump

 

[Jrod]

not sure what you want to do. try explaining more clearly.

 

[backup287]

i think theres is a program called norton ghost, i think that it may help you in this case
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=br&pvid=ghost10

 

[Broom]

Assuming all your hardware is compatible with vista, you could download all your drivers and make your old harddrive a slave to pull all your other content. A fresh OS and up to date drivers is a good thing.

Set the jumpers on your old hdd to slave. Your new hdd should have a jumper setting of master. Make sure the power cables are hooked up correctly and don't forget to ground yourself to the case before anything. Also keep your computer unplugged until your done.

Install vista or whatever and you should be in business.