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Actually, I did what amounts to the same thing just recently. I have a Dell
Dimension 4600. Instead of doing an Fdisk/format on the old drive, I
installed a brand new drive (actually two drives in a RAID-1 array - but it
looks to the system like a single drive) and formatted it, keeping the old
drive in the system. Then, once I was sure the system was recognizing the
new drive(s) properly, using instructions found in the user manual under
"Reinstalling Microsoft Windows XP," I booted to the DELL Windows XP
Operating System CD that came with the computer. When asked where I wanted
the OS installed, I indicated the new drive. From there I just followed
on-screen instructions and after much time and several reboots I now have a
complete fresh, bootable XP system installed on the new drive (and, with a
little fiddling with the boot order in the BIOS, I can still boot to the old
system if I need to). During the installation process, I was never asked
for the product ID code, nor was I required to "activate" the new
installation. Frankly, I was a little surprised at how easy this was.
Re: '60s damage to gray matter - me too!
Tom.
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