moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 01-02-2004, 03:49 PM

zipdapinhead

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I have two drives on my kid's computer. The drive with XP Professional is
almost full (250 Meg left) .The only thing on the drive is the OS! Is there
a way to move the os files over to the big drive and just use the Root drive
to "Boot up"?

{:<\) HELP::::::::<<<

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Carey Frisch [MVP]

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Re: moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 12-02-2003, 04:57 PM

Please fix your computer's date and time. Today is
not 1/2/2004. It is 12/2/2003.

Then repost your question.

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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"zipdapinhead" <tcscotch@comcast.net> wrote in message:
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| I have two drives on my kid's computer. The drive with XP Professional is
| almost full (250 Meg left) .The only thing on the drive is the OS! Is there
| a way to move the os files over to the big drive and just use the Root drive
| to "Boot up"?
|
| {:<\) HELP::::::::<<<

Les Herrman

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Re: moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 12-03-2003, 12:20 PM

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 10:49:17 -0500, "zipdapinhead"
<tcscotch@comcast.net> wrote:

>I have two drives on my kid's computer. The drive with XP Professional is
>almost full (250 Meg left) .The only thing on the drive is the OS! Is there
>a way to move the os files over to the big drive and just use the Root drive
>to "Boot up"?
>
>{:<\) HELP::::::::<<<
>

When the rest of us catch up to your timeline in about a month then
someone may answer your question.

zipdapinhead

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Re: moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 12-04-2004, 04:11 PM

Sorry about the date problem................ I did and do run clean up as
much as possible and have even compressed the hard drive.

I have Partition Magic, and I do know how to do a clean install of XP and
have the OS disks for XP home and the upgrade disks for xp pro! I also have
the OS disks for every version of Windows going back to when it was given
away with pagemaker!
I really do not want to reinstall the OS on the Large drive unless that is
my only option.

>
> >I have two drives on my kid's computer. The drive with XP Professional is
> >almost full (250 Meg left) . The Boot drive is 2 gig! The only thing on

the drive is the OS! Is there >a way to move the os files over to the big
drive and just use the Root drive

> >to "Boot up"?
> >
> >{:<\) HELP::::::::<<<
> >
>
>
> When the rest of us catch up to your timeline in about a month then
> someone may answer your question.
>
>

JR K Yoshikawa

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Re: moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 12-18-2003, 08:28 PM

If you have Partition Magic, you don't need reinstall.
Partition Magic can duplicate partition. from one to another one.
so just get larger size of Hard disk drive and copy entire old hard disk and replace it.

"zipdapinhead" <tcscotch@comcast.net> wrote in message news:gsGdnfKVQ5MTwVKiRVn-vw@comcast.com...

> Sorry about the date problem................ I did and do run clean up as
> much as possible and have even compressed the hard drive.
>
> I have Partition Magic, and I do know how to do a clean install of XP and
> have the OS disks for XP home and the upgrade disks for xp pro! I also have
> the OS disks for every version of Windows going back to when it was given
> away with pagemaker!
> I really do not want to reinstall the OS on the Large drive unless that is
> my only option.
> >
> > >I have two drives on my kid's computer. The drive with XP Professional is
> > >almost full (250 Meg left) . The Boot drive is 2 gig! The only thing on

> the drive is the OS! Is there >a way to move the os files over to the big
> drive and just use the Root drive

> > >to "Boot up"?
> > >
> > >{:<\) HELP::::::::<<<
> > >
> >
> >
> > When the rest of us catch up to your timeline in about a month then
> > someone may answer your question.
> >
> >
>
>

Alvin Brown

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Re: moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 01-30-2004, 09:06 PM

Hello

Your best option just re-install windows from the start, which
is your best move

alvin

zipdapinhead wrote:

> Sorry about the date problem................ I did and do run clean up as
> much as possible and have even compressed the hard drive.
>
> I have Partition Magic, and I do know how to do a clean install of XP and
> have the OS disks for XP home and the upgrade disks for xp pro! I also have
> the OS disks for every version of Windows going back to when it was given
> away with pagemaker!
> I really do not want to reinstall the OS on the Large drive unless that is
> my only option.
> >
> > >I have two drives on my kid's computer. The drive with XP Professional is
> > >almost full (250 Meg left) . The Boot drive is 2 gig! The only thing on

> the drive is the OS! Is there >a way to move the os files over to the big
> drive and just use the Root drive

> > >to "Boot up"?
> > >
> > >{:<\) HELP::::::::<<<
> > >
> >
> >
> > When the rest of us catch up to your timeline in about a month then
> > someone may answer your question.
> >
> >

MikeR

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Re: moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 02-11-2004, 10:54 PM

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 11:11:56 -0500, "zipdapinhead"
<tcscotch@comcast.net> wrote:

>Sorry about the date problem................ I did and do run clean up as

Don't apologize. Fix it.

Chip Cosgrove \(MSFT\)

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Re: moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 12-03-2003, 06:55 PM

Zip, there is a 'Drive Cleanup' feature that you should walk through on the
OS Drive to identify any temporary files that can be cleaned up. You can
also relocate the swap file to an alternate partition to gain some minimal
space on the disk.

Chip

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"zipdapinhead" <tcscotch@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I have two drives on my kid's computer. The drive with XP Professional is
> almost full (250 Meg left) .The only thing on the drive is the OS! Is

there

> a way to move the os files over to the big drive and just use the Root

drive

> to "Boot up"?
>
> {:<\) HELP::::::::<<<
>
>

Yves Leclerc

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Re: moving the OS files of XP PRo to it's Slave driive

Posted: 12-08-2003, 02:56 PM

Give us a description of the hard drive sizes and hardware configuration.

Usually, you should place the Windows XP Pro onto the primary booting drive
(C

and the largest drive you have. The swap file should be also on the
boot drive although you can place it on its own partition. Just make sure
that the hard drive is always availalble and fast enough to keep up with XP.
All data/programs can be placed on separate drive.

Y.

"zipdapinhead" <tcscotch@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I have two drives on my kid's computer. The drive with XP Professional is
> almost full (250 Meg left) .The only thing on the drive is the OS! Is

there

> a way to move the os files over to the big drive and just use the Root

drive

> to "Boot up"?
>
> {:<\) HELP::::::::<<<
>
>

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