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Copy system disk to new hard drive
Name: Bret Risan Date: March 19, 2002 at 19:17:25 Pacific
Comment:
I've just installed a new hard drive. How can copy the data from C: and make the new (much bigger and faster) drive the system drive?
I've got the E: drive installed, initialized, and formatted NTFS. I'd really like to just copy the entire C: drive rather than install xp, update it, and reinstall all my programs.
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