Migrating WIN XP from old IDE HDD to new system with SATA

[Andrick]

Hoping someone here can help.

I am building a new machine, as my old one seems to have given up the ghost
(shuts down after about 15 mins of operation, gave me an excuse to replace
the old machine anyway)

I run Win XP Pro currently and want to stay with it for now at least. I'd
like to be able to transfer the OS from the IDE drive it is on now to the new
SATA drive I am using in my new build. There is almost 5 years of clutter on
the old drive, so I really just want to install XP Pro on the new drive and
just pick and choose what I want to bring over from the old drive.

The problem is that I bought the current machine from a friend 2 plus years
ago, and he had it for about a year and a half before thaty. Neither he nor I
have any idea where the original Win XP disk are. I have the CD key (thank
god for case stickers), but no disk.

What I'd like to know is if it is possible, and if so how, to "reinstall"
Win XP Pro from the old drive to the new, or transfer the needed files from
the old to the new. My new mobo only has 1 IDE port, but I have no problem
plugging the old HDD into that to get this done if need be and removing it
later so I can install both of my IDE optical drives I am carrying over from
the old machine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Andrew E.]

Stickers on the pc with a product key only work with oem installations,
microsoft will not recognize the key data...

"Andrick" wrote:

> Hoping someone here can help.
>
> I am building a new machine, as my old one seems to have given up the ghost
> (shuts down after about 15 mins of operation, gave me an excuse to replace
> the old machine anyway)
>
> I run Win XP Pro currently and want to stay with it for now at least. I'd
> like to be able to transfer the OS from the IDE drive it is on now to the new
> SATA drive I am using in my new build. There is almost 5 years of clutter on
> the old drive, so I really just want to install XP Pro on the new drive and
> just pick and choose what I want to bring over from the old drive.
>
> The problem is that I bought the current machine from a friend 2 plus years
> ago, and he had it for about a year and a half before thaty. Neither he nor I
> have any idea where the original Win XP disk are. I have the CD key (thank
> god for case stickers), but no disk.
>
> What I'd like to know is if it is possible, and if so how, to "reinstall"
> Win XP Pro from the old drive to the new, or transfer the needed files from
> the old to the new. My new mobo only has 1 IDE port, but I have no problem
> plugging the old HDD into that to get this done if need be and removing it
> later so I can install both of my IDE optical drives I am carrying over from
> the old machine.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>

 

[~~Alan~~]

Purchase a IDE to USB box (~$25.00) and run the old disk as a USB external
device.

~alan


"Andrick" <Andrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7584FD84-060C-48DA-8C27-84569CED31A2@microsoft.com...
> Hoping someone here can help.
>
> I am building a new machine, as my old one seems to have given up the
> ghost
> (shuts down after about 15 mins of operation, gave me an excuse to replace
> the old machine anyway)
>
> I run Win XP Pro currently and want to stay with it for now at least. I'd
> like to be able to transfer the OS from the IDE drive it is on now to the
> new
> SATA drive I am using in my new build. There is almost 5 years of clutter
> on
> the old drive, so I really just want to install XP Pro on the new drive
> and
> just pick and choose what I want to bring over from the old drive.
>
> The problem is that I bought the current machine from a friend 2 plus
> years
> ago, and he had it for about a year and a half before thaty. Neither he
> nor I
> have any idea where the original Win XP disk are. I have the CD key (thank
> god for case stickers), but no disk.
>
> What I'd like to know is if it is possible, and if so how, to "reinstall"
> Win XP Pro from the old drive to the new, or transfer the needed files
> from
> the old to the new. My new mobo only has 1 IDE port, but I have no problem
> plugging the old HDD into that to get this done if need be and removing it
> later so I can install both of my IDE optical drives I am carrying over
> from
> the old machine.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>