swapping hard drive

>-----Original Message-----
>You may wish to visit the support website of the

>new hard drive and see if they have a free utility

>accomplish this task. For example, if you have a new

>you can download their free Data Lifeguard Tools which

>copy capability" (Ref:

>
>Fujitsu
>http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-

>
>IBM and Hitachi
>http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
>
>Maxtor
>http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm
>
>Seagate
>http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
>
>Western Digital
>http://support.wdc.com/download/
>www.westerndigital.com
>
>Or you can purchase Norton Ghost and create an "image"
>of your old hard drive:
>
>Norton Ghost 2003
>http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
>
>--
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
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>
>"Ken" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> news:199701c3e071$d9ee3860$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>
>| I want to replace my PC's Hard drive. Is it going to

>| if I copy everything from the old HDD to a new one,
>| instead of installing XP from a scratch on the new HDD.
>.
>

> I want to replace my PC's Hard drive. Is it going to work
> if I copy everything from the old HDD to a new one,
> instead of installing XP from a scratch on the new HDD.