From: yadayada@blah.blah   
      
   Install the new hard drive . . . install Windows XP and SP2  . . . then   
   attach the old hard drive . . . making sure that it's the secondary drive .   
   . . after you boot up copy over any files (My Documents, media files,   
   whatever) you want to save from the old drive then from inside WinXP format   
   the old drive and use it as a second drive . . .   
      
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   Chuck   
      
   "hwohl"  wrote in message   
   news:8i5v53p7csvtcoidnb7ee1o1tg27b558sq@4ax.com...   
   >I have an old (8 yrs) Win XP Home box with a 4 yr old motherboard   
   > running at 1.1 Gh, that has become very sluggish, now takes 10 minutes   
   > to boot up. Have tried a variety of tricks, registry edits and   
   > cleaning, etc to little avail. The C: hard disk is a slow one, and I   
   > have a faster new one I'd like to install, with a new installation of   
   > Win XP. I'm planning on installing the new disk as a second disk,   
   > installing the XP onto it, then switch disks, so that the new faster   
   > one is the boot disk, then update with SP2. Will this work? Don't want   
   > to simply transfer everything to the new disk from the old, but start   
   > anew, and reinstall my programs.  Any suggestions or better ideas?   
   > Appreciate any help   
   >   
   > Herb W.   
      
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