Re: Swapping C: drive with another HD

From: dannysdailys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (dannysdailys)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:32:33 GMT

That depends on whether you have an OEM version of XP or an upgrade.
If you have an upgrade, you'll need to have the original disk of the
old OS.

I don't know if you could do that install and still save all your
settings. I'd suggest the XP transfer tool to see if it may work.
But, I'd say probably not.

To transfer what you have to another drive, you only need put it in a
RAID 1 array and let it have at it. When the RAID is complete, you
only need to swap the drives. Remember, you need an equal, or higher
capacity hard drive to RAID to.

I use this method all the time to upgrade/ update hard drives.

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