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From old hard drive to new system and hard drive

How can I tranfer data from old hd to a new one? Heres the picture, old system has windows 2000 on a 6G hd. New system will end up with Xp Pro on a 80 Sata hd. Xp pro os is not a upgrade.
I understand how to make new hd a slave and move data that way but what happens when the xp pro is installed. Should I make 2 partitions on new drive and move data to 2nd partition
and then install xp pro on the first partition? The old drive will not be in the new system.

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nobus

you can use the file transfer wizard in xp to transfer everything from the old one to the new one. Look here :

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx

and as you said, you can hook up the drive to the new system, though it is not necessary. You can transfer over the cable, or burn a CD of the backup.
If you want to do it by hand, just let me know.
As for the partitioning, you can do as you wish, eg 1 partition for OS and programs, one for data., or a separate for the programs also.

jainyc

If both machines have a network card or port I would connect them with a crossover cable and use windows networking to connect them. After you share the drive in the old computer you can copy the files you need to your new computer.

Hope this helps a little.

activematx

You seem like your on the right track. You just need some re-assurance.

I would just connect the hard drive with the 2000 parition on it as a slave.

Then it is really up to you if you want to partition your sata hard drive. If you decide to, then you should do this before conencting the slave.

Install XP, then connect the slave. Copy the files to your hard drive of choice.

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Or Connect the computer with the data on the hard drive, via a switch or cross over cable. If you need help on how to locate each computer on the network, post it in this thread, and I'll help you get it connected this way. This way might be easier, (less stuff to unscrew) if you have a cross over cable or a switch / network hub.