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cloned hard drive (XP) - what next?

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penhit

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:28PM

help, please... I have installed a new hard drive in an old computer running xp. I've cloned the old hard drive onto the new hard drive and switched the BIOS so that it boots from the new drive. My question is: do I need to switch the letters for the drives (the old drive is partitioned into C &D and the new one is F&G), and if so how do I do it?. Should I disconnect the old drive, or should I switch the wiring on them? If I remove the old drive will the sytem automatically make the remaining drive into C&D Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I am venturing into unknown territory and any help appreciated.

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Nontek

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:36PM

If it is a full clone as per Acronis, simply change the old and new drives over, then re-start PC - it should run as normal.

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Nontek

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:38PM

You could re-format old drive to use as additional storage, probably best in a external USB caddy.

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penhit

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:38PM

I used seagate disk wizard, which I think is a full cloning... When you say change them over - you mean physically switch the wiring? Thanks

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rdave13

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:39PM

Remove the original HDD which you cloned. You do not have a boot manager hence Windows will assume a different letter to the cloned HDD. Once the original drive is removed and the cloned one connected to the motherboard, to where the original one was, then you should have no problems booting up.

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penhit

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:40PM

I'm not quite ready to reformat the old drive until 100% sure that the new one is happy!!

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Nontek

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:40PM

As rdave13 says, just remove old drive, and replace it with the new drive. Then restart PC.

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Nontek

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:42PM

We don't mean switch the wiring - Switch the drives!

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penhit

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:42PM

Thanks both - I will try that now.

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penhit

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 11:03PM

I've disconnected the old drive and the new drive is now the C drive and boots up fine (faster than the old one). I'll reconnect the old drive and probably reformat it. Thanks for your help. I find PC Advisor Forum a fantastic resource.

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Nontek

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 11:23PM

Great, thanks for your feedback.

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