Urgent advice on harddisk replacement

I have a dying harddisk on a notebook computer running Windows XP Pro and
need to be replaced. Since the recovery software is stored somewhere on the
harddisk (may be
hidden or on other partition), I need to copy the disk 30 GB to a new
harddisk of 40 GB rather than making a clean install. Is there any
practical way and points to note to accomplish this job effectively?

Thanks,

Ray



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