On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:11:39 +0000, Jim Higgins   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:46:37 -0500, in   
   >, daveh@aolousy.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>I had a clone of the C: drive made when I bought this computer from a   
   >>local shop.  It is mounted inside the computer.  I have never hooked   
   >>up the cables to see if it works.   My question is if I disconnect the   
   >>present C: drive with Win XP on it and hook up the cloned drive,   
   >>keeping it in its same present position inside the computer, will it   
   >>then boot, or do I have to move it to the position inside the computer   
   >>where the current C: drive is?   
   >>   
   >>I'm thinking of encrypting the C: with full disk encryption and would   
   >>like to make sure I have a backup of my OS in case of disaster with   
   >>the present C: after I encrypt it.  I do have my Windows XP install   
   >>CD,  but the last time I tried using it the damn thing told me the   
   >>registration serial number was not legit.  How can that be when I   
   >>bought it with the computer and it used to work without a problem?   
   >>   
   >>I haven't tried this seemingly simple thing because I'm not   
   >>technically inclined and I don't want to find that I screwed up my   
   >>computer by trying this, especially since my original install disk is   
   >>giving me problems.   
   >   
   >   
   >You will almost surely want to configure that cloned drive (exchange   
   >the data cables) so that it appears to be the "C:" drive before you   
   >boot from it.  Otherwise any drive-specific info stored into the   
   >registry before/after cloning will probably point somewhere that   
   >doesn't exist, or somewhere where the expected data don't exist.   
      
   That is what I had forgotten from some years back - the cable hook up.   
      
   Thanks!   
      
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