Try xxcopy from www.xxcopy.com . I've used it several times to make an exact
copy of one hard drive onto another hard drive without any problems at all.
At the site you can download the program and get step by step instruction on
replacing an existing C drive with a new C drive as well as using the
program for backups (which I do frequently). Best of all it is free.

Tom Mayer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Nottingham" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 10:57 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Change boot drive letter XP Home


> Two weeks ago I installed a new Maxtor 120 to replace an IBM 34.  Helpful
people on this list recommended Norton Ghost, since the Maxtor Blast
software refused to actually copy the files to the new drive (tried twice, 8
hours each).  Ghost worked fine but changed the parition sizes, and my
PowerQuest Partition Magic 8.01 refuses to run.  Finally got the new drive
partitioned the way I want it, and copied the data and program files.  Of
course, when I copy the IBM Primary C Drive to the New Maxtor, it goes to
"O" drive, meaning that XP is looking for everything in C, not O, and won't
run.
>
> Question:  Is there a way to safely change O to C, remove the old drive,
and have the new Maxtor boot?  I've looked all over the place and can't find
anything.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Nottingham
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