Change hard drive

[Guest §Chrissi§]

Hi All,

 

I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small (40GB).

Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then replace it

with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

 

 

Thanks a lot.

 

Chriss.

[Guest Malke]

Re: Change hard drive

 

§Chrissi§ wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

> replace it

> with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

 

Your new hard drive will come with cloning software so you can clone your

old hard drive to the new one. Or purchase Acronis True Image and image the

old hard drive and restore that image to the new drive. True Image is very

handy to have in any case. You can keep the old hard drive installed as a

slave if you like for extra storage.

 

Yes, the license you have for your Dell is valid for the new installation on

the new hard drive.

 

Malke

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[Guest Nonny]

Re: Change hard drive

 

On Fri, 30 May 2008 11:18:23 -0700, Malke <malke@invalid.invalid>

wrote:

>§Chrissi§ wrote:

>

>> Hi All,

>>

>> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

>> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

>> replace it

>> with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>

>Your new hard drive will come with cloning software so you can clone your

>old hard drive to the new one. Or purchase Acronis True Image and image the

>old hard drive and restore that image to the new drive.

 

Cloning would be simpler. Imaging would require yet another drive.

>True Image is very

>handy to have in any case. You can keep the old hard drive installed as a

>slave if you like for extra storage.

>

>Yes, the license you have for your Dell is valid for the new installation on

>the new hard drive.

>

>Malke

[Guest Keith W]

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"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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> §Chrissi§ wrote:

>

>> Hi All,

>>

>> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

>> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

>> replace it

>> with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>

> Your new hard drive will come with cloning software so you can clone your

> old hard drive to the new one. Or purchase Acronis True Image and image

> the

> old hard drive and restore that image to the new drive. True Image is very

> handy to have in any case. You can keep the old hard drive installed as a

> slave if you like for extra storage.

>

> Yes, the license you have for your Dell is valid for the new installation

> on

> the new hard drive.

>

 

 

Correction. Your hard drive MAY (but probably won't) come with cloning

software, none that I bought ever has (of course it may be different here in

the UK). If you go to the manufacturers site for your new drive you should

be able to download suitable software. However, even that is not always

true (Hitachi don't for one) so you may be able to get it from the

manufacturer of the old drive. Many of these programs only work if one of

the drives is manufactured by the company the software came from.

--

Keith W

Sunbury on Thames

(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)

[Guest Big Al]

Re: Change hard drive

 

Malke wrote:

> §Chrissi§ wrote:

>

>> Hi All,

>>

>> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

>> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

>> replace it

>> with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>

> Your new hard drive will come with cloning software so you can clone your

> old hard drive to the new one. Or purchase Acronis True Image and image the

> old hard drive and restore that image to the new drive. True Image is very

> handy to have in any case. You can keep the old hard drive installed as a

> slave if you like for extra storage.

>

> Yes, the license you have for your Dell is valid for the new installation on

> the new hard drive.

>

> Malke

Either way, you can get a trial copy of Acronis which will still do the

job. Then later search / keep an eye out for a deal on buying a copy.

[Guest JS]

Re: Change hard drive

 

New drives like Maxtor and Western Digital (that are not OEM versions) come

with a CD that includes a drive copy utility.

 

If you have an OEM version go to the Manufacturer's web site.

 

JS

 

"§Chrissi§" <anubisofthydeath@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi All,

>

> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

> replace it with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>

>

> Thanks a lot.

>

> Chriss.

>

[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: Change hard drive

 

 

if you install the new

drive as a secondary

disk you will find the

additional space useful

and without troubling

over reinstalling the

o.s. and the drivers and

patches and third party

software.

 

once installed you can

right click on my documents

and relocate the entire

section to the new disk.

--

 

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

"§Chrissi§" <anubisofthydeath@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi All,

>

> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small (40GB).

> Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then replace it with

> the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>

>

> Thanks a lot.

>

> Chriss.

>

[Guest Lil' Dave]

Re: Change hard drive

 

"§Chrissi§" <anubisofthydeath@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:enoigDowIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Hi All,

>

> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

> replace it with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>

>

> Thanks a lot.

>

> Chriss.

>

 

The 40 GB drive sets a flag in my mind. Your bios may not comprehend any

current hard drive past 120GB in capacity (137GB is they made one that

size).

 

XP understands and perceives drives over that capacity. However,

partitioning must occur on a PC with bios that supports such larger capacity

drives if made by XP. Similar with imaging and cloning software. Once done

on such a PC, can be moved to a PC with non-supporting bios for such HD

capacity. At least that has been my experiences....

--

Dave

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Change hard drive

 

Lil' Dave wrote:

> "§Chrissi§" <anubisofthydeath@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:enoigDowIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Hi All,

>>

>> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

>> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

>> replace it with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>>

>>

>> Thanks a lot.

>>

>> Chriss.

>>

>

> The 40 GB drive sets a flag in my mind. Your bios may not comprehend any

> current hard drive past 120GB in capacity (137GB is they made one that

> size).

 

I'm just curious why you assumed this. (He may just have had a smaller 40

GB drive, and that's all there was to it).

> XP understands and perceives drives over that capacity. However,

> partitioning must occur on a PC with bios that supports such larger

> capacity

> drives if made by XP. Similar with imaging and cloning software. Once

> done

> on such a PC, can be moved to a PC with non-supporting bios for such HD

> capacity. At least that has been my experiences....

> --

> Dave

[Guest JS]

Re: Change hard drive

 

Yup, it set a flag in my mind also, but it was not mentioned in the original

post the make/model of the PC, if the new drive was already purchased and

what size it is.

 

The last time that I'm aware of that Dell offered a 40GB drive was late in

2004 which by then 48Bit LBA was the standard.

 

JS

 

"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message

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> "§Chrissi§" <anubisofthydeath@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:enoigDowIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Hi All,

>>

>> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

>> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

>> replace it with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>>

>>

>> Thanks a lot.

>>

>> Chriss.

>>

>

> The 40 GB drive sets a flag in my mind. Your bios may not comprehend any

> current hard drive past 120GB in capacity (137GB is they made one that

> size).

>

> XP understands and perceives drives over that capacity. However,

> partitioning must occur on a PC with bios that supports such larger

> capacity drives if made by XP. Similar with imaging and cloning software.

> Once done on such a PC, can be moved to a PC with non-supporting bios for

> such HD capacity. At least that has been my experiences....

> --

> Dave

>

[Guest Lil' Dave]

Re: Change hard drive

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> Lil' Dave wrote:

>> "§Chrissi§" <anubisofthydeath@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:enoigDowIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Hi All,

>>>

>>> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

>>> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

>>> replace it with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>>>

>>>

>>> Thanks a lot.

>>>

>>> Chriss.

>>>

>>

>> The 40 GB drive sets a flag in my mind. Your bios may not comprehend any

>> current hard drive past 120GB in capacity (137GB is they made one that

>> size).

>

> I'm just curious why you assumed this. (He may just have had a smaller 40

> GB drive, and that's all there was to it).

>

>> XP understands and perceives drives over that capacity. However,

>> partitioning must occur on a PC with bios that supports such larger

>> capacity

>> drives if made by XP. Similar with imaging and cloning software. Once

>> done

>> on such a PC, can be moved to a PC with non-supporting bios for such HD

>> capacity. At least that has been my experiences....

>> --

>> Dave

>

>

 

Generally, in this newsgroup, they go for larger size, and, most don't

select anything relatively "small" of today's availability of hard drive

capacity. What would you assume? If, not agreeing with my assumption; what

is your appropriate reply, and why?

 

BTW If the OP is doing something different than my assumption, he/she has

opportunity to reply to same as well.

 

--

Dave

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Change hard drive

 

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:14:04 -0500, "Lil' Dave"

<spamyourself@virus.net> wrote:

>"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>news:O8RTE4uwIHA.5620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Lil' Dave wrote:

>>> "§Chrissi§" <anubisofthydeath@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:enoigDowIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> Hi All,

>>>>

>>>> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

>>>> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

>>>> replace it with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of XP?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Thanks a lot.

>>>>

>>>> Chriss.

>>>>

>>>

>>> The 40 GB drive sets a flag in my mind. Your bios may not comprehend any

>>> current hard drive past 120GB in capacity (137GB is they made one that

>>> size).

>>

>> I'm just curious why you assumed this. (He may just have had a smaller 40

>> GB drive, and that's all there was to it).

>>

>>> XP understands and perceives drives over that capacity. However,

>>> partitioning must occur on a PC with bios that supports such larger

>>> capacity

>>> drives if made by XP. Similar with imaging and cloning software. Once

>>> done

>>> on such a PC, can be moved to a PC with non-supporting bios for such HD

>>> capacity. At least that has been my experiences....

>>> --

>>> Dave

>>

>>

>

>Generally, in this newsgroup, they go for larger size, and, most don't

>select anything relatively "small" of today's availability of hard drive

>capacity.

 

BinCo would call that person a "sheep" (baa-baa) or someone who is

trying to "keep up with the Joneses".

>What would you assume? If, not agreeing with my assumption; what

>is your appropriate reply, and why?

>

>BTW If the OP is doing something different than my assumption, he/she has

>opportunity to reply to same as well.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Change hard drive

 

Lil' Dave wrote:

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:O8RTE4uwIHA.5620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Lil' Dave wrote:

>>> "§Chrissi§" <anubisofthydeath@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:enoigDowIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> Hi All,

>>>>

>>>> I have a dell PC with Windows XP (SP2). The hard drive is too small

>>>> (40GB). Can I copy all the files from it to a new hard drive and then

>>>> replace it with the new hard drive? Can I still keep the license of

>>>> XP?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Thanks a lot.

>>>>

>>>> Chriss.

>>>>

>>>

>>> The 40 GB drive sets a flag in my mind. Your bios may not comprehend

>>> any

>>> current hard drive past 120GB in capacity (137GB is they made one that

>>> size).

>>

>> I'm just curious why you assumed this. (He may just have had a smaller

>> 40

>> GB drive, and that's all there was to it).

>>

>>> XP understands and perceives drives over that capacity. However,

>>> partitioning must occur on a PC with bios that supports such larger

>>> capacity

>>> drives if made by XP. Similar with imaging and cloning software. Once

>>> done

>>> on such a PC, can be moved to a PC with non-supporting bios for such HD

>>> capacity. At least that has been my experiences....

>>> --

>>> Dave

>>

>>

>

> Generally, in this newsgroup, they go for larger size, and, most don't

> select anything relatively "small" of today's availability of hard drive

> capacity. What would you assume? If, not agreeing with my assumption;

> what

> is your appropriate reply, and why?

 

You *seemed* (to me) to be assuming that he (likely) might have that BIOS

limitation, based simply on the fact that he had a 40 GB drive - that's all.

> BTW If the OP is doing something different than my assumption, he/she has

> opportunity to reply to same as well.

>

> --

> Dave