moving XP to a new drive

Falstaff · Jan 21, 2003, 04:12 AM

[B]I wanted to move my copy of XP to a new drive, went from one WD drive to another WD drive with the help of the utility that came with the disk, Oh my God, everything has gone awry. Now the copy is asking me to enter the code to activate the copy, is there any way around this problem? Gee Willikers Ned, whats a feller to do?

digitalwanderer · Jan 21, 2003, 04:16 AM

Dude, I would SO have not done that! I'd be betting the only real fix will be a full re-install of XP on the new drive.

Falstaff · Jan 21, 2003, 04:45 AM

EE GADS, called microsoft, got a new code, OS is still screwy, errors, problems, aaaaghh, whats a poor soul to do, shall I reformat and buy a new copy?, I am really hating this...what pray tell have I done, created a retail oppurtunity for Bill Gates?

So-Unreal · Jan 21, 2003, 04:48 PM

What utility???

dai · Jan 21, 2003, 05:23 PM

i used pation magic 8 2weeks ago when i had to put in new drive,have had no problems at all my wd drive did not come with any software to do it

tigerarmyAFI · Jan 21, 2003, 06:22 PM

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shall I reformat and buy a new copy?

what?? i really hope that was a typo.. BUY another copy of xp? why in gods name would you buy it if you already own it? iif anything the cause of your problems is switching the install from one drive to another. you could try doing a REPAIR install by booting from the xp cd (so u dont lose all ur stuff) or, if that fails, do a format and a fresh install. ms will give u another code if u need one, but i dont see why you think a certain code could damage your system....

Falstaff · Jan 21, 2003, 08:32 PM

bought the 80 gig disk and got the transfer software and format utliity with teh product

tigerarmyAFI · Jan 22, 2003, 12:58 AM

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bought the 80 gig disk and got the transfer software and format utliity with teh product

yeah.. and? u have already said this... noone can help you if you're not clear about what you're doing.

~~garikfox~~ · Jan 22, 2003, 01:50 AM

Clean Insall Always, takes me 10 min each time....

EAsy exp. w/ new vid. drivers.

Jan 21, 2003, 04:12 AM	#1
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	moving XP to a new drive [B]I wanted to move my copy of XP to a new drive, went from one WD drive to another WD drive with the help of the utility that came with the disk, Oh my God, everything has gone awry. Now the copy is asking me to enter the code to activate the copy, is there any way around this problem? Gee Willikers Ned, whats a feller to do? __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jan 21, 2003, 04:16 AM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Fresh install. Dude, I would SO have not done that! I'd be betting the only real fix will be a full re-install of XP on the new drive. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 21, 2003, 04:45 AM	Thread Starter #3
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	re:fresh install EE GADS, called microsoft, got a new code, OS is still screwy, errors, problems, aaaaghh, whats a poor soul to do, shall I reformat and buy a new copy?, I am really hating this...what pray tell have I done, created a retail oppurtunity for Bill Gates? __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jan 21, 2003, 08:32 PM	Thread Starter #7
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	WD disk utility bought the 80 gig disk and got the transfer software and format utliity with teh product __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jan 21, 2003, 04:48 PM	#4
So-Unreal DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	What utility???

Jan 21, 2003, 05:23 PM	#5
dai DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 126 Rep Power: 0	i used pation magic 8 2weeks ago when i had to put in new drive,have had no problems at all my wd drive did not come with any software to do it

Jan 22, 2003, 01:50 AM	#9
~~garikfox~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: who cares. Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	Clean Insall Always, takes me 10 min each time.... EAsy exp. w/ new vid. drivers.