jww Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 My desktop has 4 SATA ports one of which has my DRW-2014L1 optical drive the other 3 SATA ports have an 80Gb, 300Gb, and 500Gb hard drives.My problem is that I want to upgrade the 80Gb to a new 500Gb hard drive but the 80Gb has my OS, Windows XP. Im not worried about having to install all the Service Packs and Windows upgrades but having to reinstall all the games and programs I have that I might have lost my activation keys to is the hassle I dont want to bother with.So my question is can I install Windows with all the updates on the new drive then copy the Registry files, and everything from the 80Gb C folder into the new 500Gb C folder. Turn off the computer unplug the 80Gb and have my computer boot back up allowing me to run everything like it was before i did the swap?Hope this makes sense to everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Try Macrium reflect free version, it can transcribe a mirror copy of all data from the old disk to the new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jww Posted May 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 awesome thank you for that link. might as well let it run while i sleep now :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 In order to run that mirror copy, it will have to have the same drive letter as the original one (e.g. C:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 I think I will stick with Acronis thanks. I had to pay for it, but it has been invaluable. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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