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Originally Posted by Down the Pub
is it poss to image from an ide drive to a sata drive?
reason i ask is that the copy of xp i have is a vlk which failed validation, so if i have to do a fresh install on the sata drive will the xp activation cause me any probs? as i really don't want to have to go and spend another 80-100 on a new copy of pro.
and i can't really be arsed to reinstall all my games and programes all over again, but if it's gotta be then it's gotta be.
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you will have to run bootcfg /rebuild if you intend to boot from the sata drive also you will need to know if it needs a driver or not to install windows as this could scupper your plan
Note a lot of games will just work if you save/move the install directory but also search docs for saves if you wish to save these too.Often you will get a direct x error simply install the newest version of dx over the top and this will show correct dates to run the game
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Originally Posted by Nicky
Can't you just install the new drive as a secondary drive?
I did this years ago, when HDDs were measured in MB! Doubled a 20mb by installing another 20mb. Kept all the software on the original drive and started storing files on the second one.
I know someone will now tell me you can't do this with new HDDs.  |
you can I have 8 hard drives in my machine all running there own set of stuff