Copy winXP to another drive

[Mr-Fusion]

Can you copy a windowsxp install from one hard-drive to the other?

My Setup
C:\ - SATA
F:\ - PARTITION OF THE C:\ (30GB) I want windows XP HERE.
D:\ - IDE


C:\ - Currently has Windows Vista Installed

D:\ - Currently has Windows XP installed

I want to get windows xp onto the F:\. I can't install the SATA drivers when i boot off the windows xp cd because my floppy disk drive has been destroyed in a catastrophic fire. I have created a merged xp install with nlite with the drivers but that doesn't work. USB doesn't work, reading anything other than A:\ does not work. Simply can't get the hard drive detected.


Last solution. Is it possible to copy the windows xp install from the D:\ to the F:\, rejig , hack, fiddle with the boot.ini file etc and make it work from F:\?

Dumbest question of the day?

 

[MRG]

Thats a great question.

I advise you to download and try a program called "PARAGON DRIVE BACKUP 8.5" There is a trial version you can use. I believe that it will do just what you are asking for. Under some situations, WinXP will notice that the HDD is different and so you might need new drivers & or have to re-activate your version of WinXP. Just a heads up.

- Windows Vista compatible application providing the bulk of its functionality under this operating system.
- Real-time hard disk image backup: For Windows' partitions you can create complete system backup image with no need to reboot Windows or close any application.
- Bootable Backup Capsule - with Drive Backup you can create special secure place on your hard disk to store disk backup images and even boot the computer directly from it in case of the operating system corruption.
- Differential Backup - Paragon?€™s clone hard drive software allows creating backup images only with changes performed since initial system backup, thus reducing the size of the further backup images.
- Data Restore and Recovery - Drive Backup delivers fast and easy data restore from created hard disk image.
- Hard Disk Cloning - with Drive Backup you can easily clone your old hard disk to deploy new one eliminating tiresome and time consuming operating system and applications installation and adjustment.

Download:
http://www.filedudes.com/Paragon_Drive_Backup_Personal-download-13500.html

Let me know once you have finished everything.

-MRG