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PC Mover by Laplink is one of the few programs I have seen that willl do this. <br />
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Also, if your Windows XP install is OEM, you may have difficulties moving the installation as it might not activate.<br />
.... Thinkpads_User<br />

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PC Mover by Laplink is one of the few programs I have seen that willl do this.

Also, if your Windows XP install is OEM, you may have difficulties moving the installation as it might not activate.
.... Thinkpads_User


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OEM copies can replace the hard drive - just not the motherboard - that's changing the computer.<br />
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OEM copies can replace the hard drive - just not the motherboard - that's changing the computer.



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If you have an Intel SSD, they have their own migration tool:<br />
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<a href="http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19324" rel="ugc">http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19324</a>
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If you have an Intel SSD, they have their own migration tool:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19324 [http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19324]

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You can also make an image of your hard drive with Norton ghost &lt;&nbsp;illegal link removed by Page Editor&gt;
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You can also make an image of your hard drive with Norton ghost < illegal link removed by Page Editor>

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Norton Ghost is NOT free. Please do not post like this. .... Thinkpads_User<br />

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Norton Ghost is NOT free. Please do not post like this. .... Thinkpads_User


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Hi,<br />
I have a new SSD drive . I need to replace for my HDD hosting windows OS and number of programs. What is the easiest way to move windows partition on new drive without reinstalling. <br />
I need a freeware tool.<br />
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Thanks
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Hi,
I have a new SSD drive . I need to replace for my HDD hosting windows OS and number of programs. What is the easiest way to move windows partition on new drive without reinstalling. 
I need a freeware tool.

Thanks

Moving Windows from HDD to SSD drive

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.