MOVING XP installation to another drive

[typondis]

Let me be clear on this: On the same computer, I want to put in a larger drive than the old one, have Windows completely move itself to the new drive, and leave the old one blank - all without Windows' security hackles raising and saying, hey you changed something so you need to re-activate!

I can't AT ALL see a security issue with this and I'm utterly surprised this isn't obviously available, let alone wasn't forseen.

In any case, I'm not bitching - I'm asking if perhaps someone has some secret information that this is in fact possible?

[-pops-]

It isn't difficult but you do need some software to be able to do it. Acronis is what I, and a lot of other people, use for disk cloning.

Remember that when you have cloned the operating system on to a new drive you will need to physically swap the drives around because, without a lot of fiddling about, the machine will always look for the operating system on the "C" drive.

There are comprehensive detail and instructions with Acronis.

If you become a subscriber to this forum you can get Acronis at a discounted price (see tab at the top of the page). It is also obtainable at any software supplier.

[Alan2273]

If you want aprogram to do that and you have a Seagate or Maxtor drive, download DiskWizard from the link below.

This includes a free Acronis disk although it is not the latest version it will do what you want for free.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?loca...000dd04090aRCRD

[typondis]

Thank you all. Through some trial and error I found out my conception of things wasn't appropriate to the task. Have got it figured out now.