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backing up bootable? does it still work in XP?

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when i last backed up my hard drive from one HDD to another i had windows 98, which was before all this activation crap. i just dragged C: to my new hard drive, which was installed as a secondary drive and it transfered everything to it, including the whole OS and it was a brand new bootable C drive when i installed it as the primary HDD.

will this work with XP? i dont want the hassle of setting up every program and reinstalling GB of games, then updating them, then downloading Windows updates. please give me good news!
 
Nope.

Get Symantec Ghost or a similar program to clone one disk to another.

However, if your primary disk now is dynamic you'll want to go ahead and install a new copy of Windows instead of dealing with the hassle.
 
Exactly; ghost will soon be your friend
Alternatively, many manufacturers include disk copy features in their diagnostic software. Might want to check that out, I know Maxtor does
 
I'm not sure if this will work with XP, but with Windows NT the following worked... the catch is it requires 3 partitions unless you're copying your boot drive files from say, CDs.
Step 1. Install new drive as boot drive, and install Windows on it. Unless you've got >1 partition on other disks, partition it into 2+ chunks.
Step 2: Make whatever drive has your "spare" partition on it the boot drive, and install Windows onto the "spare" partition.
Step 3: Boot up Windows from the "spare" partition, and copy your old installation to the new drive.
Step 4: Rearrange your disks so your new drive is the boot drive if needed, and boot it up. Assuming all is well, clean up all that extra crap.

Of course, this is all a huge pain in the ass since you have to install Windows twice. I haven't had a need to do it since I graduated from college in '98, and now that I've got a full time job I'd probably just buy a damn backup program.
 
Not sure if I'm reading this right, but I just transfered my c drive to my second hard drive using windows backup and restore feature. Haven't had a chance to test it and see if the restore function works though
 
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