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[Guest Walter]

Hi,

I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a larger

capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

[Guest DL]

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacity d

 

yes

 

"Walter" <Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hi,

> I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a

> larger

> capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

> are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

[Guest BigJim]

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacity d

 

yes, and is this a laptop or desktop? How old is the machine, who makes it.

To go really big xp needs to be sp1 or better to recognize drives over 132

gig.

"Walter" <Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5974D046-A821-46D1-9924-B21689FEABDC@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

> I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a

> larger

> capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

> are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacityd

 

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacityd

 

Should, but why not use the clone software to move the installation to

the new drive. Many replacement drives come with it, or visit the drive

manufacturers web site for a copy.

 

Walter wrote:

> Hi,

> I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a larger

> capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

> are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

[Guest Ghostrider]

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacityd

 

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacityd

 

 

Walter wrote:

> Hi,

> I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a larger

> capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

> are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

 

The mere swapping of a hard drive should not even set off Windows

Product Activation. All one has to do is to clone the old hard drive

on to the new hard drive. The cloning software may be supplied with

the new hard drive, if purchased as a retail (i.e., not "bare") one

or with third-party software, e.g., Acronis TrueImage, and even some

freeware products.

 

How one does the cloning is up to individual preference. The new

drive could be attached as a slave drive to the original hard drive,

with it being the master. We prefer to hook up the new drive to an

external USB or Firewire dock/adapter.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacity d

 

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:01:02 -0700, Walter

<Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,

> I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a larger

> capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

> are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

 

 

 

If everything but the drive remains the same, reactivation shouldn't

even be required, assuming that you don't reinstall Windows. Just use

the drive manufacturer's supplied program for copying the old drive to

the new one (or if you want to buy such a program, Acronis True Image

is a good choice).

 

If you do reinstall Windows, you will have to reactivate, but that

should not be a problem.

 

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Walter]

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capaci

 

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capaci

 

Hi,

It is a desktop which was supplied by the OEM with XP Home SP1a and I have

updated it to SP3. (I do not want or need VISTA) 3.2 gig Intel 2 gig ram, I

am wanting to change the drive C: boot from 40 gig to 160 gig and replaceing

the drive D: which I keep all data on from 80 gig to 160 gig.

 

"BigJim" wrote:

> yes, and is this a laptop or desktop? How old is the machine, who makes it.

> To go really big xp needs to be sp1 or better to recognize drives over 132

> gig.

> "Walter" <Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:5974D046-A821-46D1-9924-B21689FEABDC@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,

> > I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a

> > larger

> > capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

> > are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

>

>

>

[Guest sgopus]

RE: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacity d

 

just get Acronis TI and use the clone drive to a different size partition

 

"Walter" wrote:

> Hi,

> I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a larger

> capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

> are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: replace drive hard drive which has XP OEM with a larger capacity d

 

"Walter" <Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5974D046-A821-46D1-9924-B21689FEABDC@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

> I want to replace the 40 gig drive which has XP Home OEM on it with a

> larger

> capacity drive, the mother board, processor, memory, graphics card excetra

> are all the same. Will Windowows activate on the new drive ok?

 

 

If you use imaging software to clone the XP drive to a new larger drive,

using a "manual" mode to enlarge partitions proportionally, you probably

won't have to activate at all.

 

Download the Acronis True Image trial, and install it on another system.

Attach both drives to that system - USB2 drive cases or adapters are great

for this - and you'll be done in probably an hour.

 

HTH

-pk