Can I move Windows from one hard drive to another?

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Eric - 25 Oct 2008 - $70 + tax versus moving an entire server between locations!
I hope in the end you paid the money and bought the software!

I would like 2 know how to move my music from my 'c' drive to my 'g' drive in the same pc & still keep all my ratings. playlists.

I have a Seagate Barracuda ATA V hard drive which I removed from a discarded PC. Besides having Windows XP Pro installed on it this HD contains some important files I would very much like to recover if possible. First of all, can I installl this HD on my new PC (a Core 2 with MS XP PRO) as a second HD and directly access those files? I am familiar with installing a second HD in the bay and hooking up the cables but from there on I sure could use some advice on getting this to work for me. Thanks for any help you can provide.

There is a DOS utility that will clone a drive for you (clone the old one onto the new one) then you can wipe the old one and use it for storage. The comand is something like d:f *.* FKHR or something like that...been about 8 years since I needed to use it.

No need to use DOS utilities - DOS frightens most people these days and if you're at the level of not being sure how to clone a hard drive, I'd respectfully suggest you wouldn't be able to handle a DOS (no graphical user interface) application.
I don't know about every manufacturer but Seagate have a wonderful FREE cloning tool on their website called DiscWizard - it's literally foolproof and actually works.
Also on their website check this article http://tinyurl.com/c5cp23.
It's all pretty safe and easy if you follow the instructions.

ok iv got a dell intel mini, with only 8GB, and an external Seagate HD 1TB. i would like to make the external HD as my main partition (C:) boot drive because.. well it has alot more space, should i just install XP OS on the external drive and change the letter? or is there somthing else i need to do?

I have a "c" and "d" drive. The D drive is where all the computer stuff is that will allow me to take it back to factory settings ect. Unfortunatley I can't gget into it to change the amount of space it needs. The C drive is where all my programs ect are.Te D drive is proected and I havnt figued out how to unprotect it as of yet. Oh I have XP, HP. And HP tells me it is there to protect it from me. lolol
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