From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:04 GMT, Will wrote:   
      
   > I hope to replace my HD over the week.  Any pitfalls I should be aware   
   > of??   
   >   
   > XP Pro - several partions, I wanted to add the new (IDE) HD as a   
   > secondary, copy everything over and then swap it for the original (it is   
   > still working).  Will XPP allow me to run the drive letters   
   > consecutively (original drive C-H, new drive I-N??) - can't find fdisk   
   > on the system nor on my CD, is it needed anymore?   
      
   Use "Disk Management" under Computer Management. Fdisk has never been part of   
   NT systems. (Well, maybe NT3... been a while since I used that, though.)   
   Unless you tell it otherwise, yes, it'll default to doing the drive letters   
   in order.   
      
   All you *should* need to do is plug in the drive, then do as you wish... but   
   you'll experience problems copying over a running Windows system. The usual   
   approach would be to use disk cloning software. (Or... boot a LiveCD that can   
   write to the filesystem you're using, and do it that way. Or make a BartPE   
   from your Windows CD and use *that*.)   
      
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