I learned, here, of a product called Migrate Easy that's free for 15 days... 
I tested it (for free) on 25 hard drives before I licensed it. The drives 
were lots of different makes and capacities... All totalled I've used it on 
close to 100 drives without flaw.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/migrateeasy/

Good luck.

- Brian D. McCarthy


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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [PCBUILD] Hard Drive exchange
>Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:14:25 -0400
>
>Hi,
>I want to replace a hard drive from one machine to another. Both are XP 
>machines, different brands, different ages. The one machine has a drive in 
>it that I know is going to crash. The drive that works is in a machine with 
>an older processor that barely runs XP, but the drive is newer. Can I put 
>the newer drive in to replace the one in the machine with the crashing 
>drive? Will the new drive recognize the new hardware and install the 
>drivers? Or am I just asking for problems?
>Robert
>
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