New hard drive but no XP cd

take it to best buy and have them install it : ). I dunno much about laptops
though

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"Martin Lambert" <email.TakeThisOut@email.com> wrote in message
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 > What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have an IBM
 > machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
 > Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I have to
buy
 > a new XP CD ?
 >
 > Thanks
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Martin Lambert wrote:
 > What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have an
 > IBM machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
 > Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I have
 > to buy a new XP CD ?
 >
 > Thanks


No way whatsoever. You will need to repurchase XP. You never had an XP CD to
begin with - merely a disc that 'unlocked' the hidden partition.

You could, theoretically, burn the contents of the hidden partition to CD,
but I've never found that to be too successful. Why don't you just attach
the new drive as a slave? That would be a helluva lot easier - and would
save you the expense of purchasing a new disc.

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The main reason is that it's a laptop computer.

Can we see the hidden partition with Ghost ?

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 > Martin Lambert wrote:
  > > What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have an
  > > IBM machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
  > > Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I have
  > > to buy a new XP CD ?
  > >
  > > Thanks
 >
 >
 > No way whatsoever. You will need to repurchase XP. You never had an XP CD
to
 > begin with - merely a disc that 'unlocked' the hidden partition.
 >
 > You could, theoretically, burn the contents of the hidden partition to CD,
 > but I've never found that to be too successful. Why don't you just attach
 > the new drive as a slave? That would be a helluva lot easier - and would
 > save you the expense of purchasing a new disc.
 >
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:43:59 -0400, "Martin Lambert" <email RemoveThis @email.com>
wrote:

| What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have an IBM
| machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
| Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I have to buy
| a new XP CD ?

You can use one of a number of programs to "clone" everything except
the hidden partition to a new hard drive. Unfortunately, the nature
of a hidden partition prevents XP from seeing it as a normal partition
and assigning a drive letter. Programs such as Partition Magic can
unhide some partitions, particularly those it creates. But computer
manufacturers that are cheap enough to use hidden partitions rather
than supplying physical discs tend to hide those partitions in such a
way that you can't unhide them.

Not only did IBM not give you an extrernal method of re-installing,
they stole space on a hard drive you paid for!

Larc



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In article <JQoUc.86646$sk2.1743128@wagner.videotron.net>,
email RemoveThis @email.com says...
 > What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have an IBM
 > machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
 > Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I have to buy
 > a new XP CD ?
 >
 > Thanks
 >


your new drive should have a utility to do this. check the box or the
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:43:59 -0400, "Martin Lambert" <email.DeleteThis@email.com>
wrote:

 >What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have an IBM
 >machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
 >Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I have to buy
 >a new XP CD ?

Try to download MaxBlast software from the Maxtor site
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.maxtor.com." target="_blank">http://www.maxtor.com.</a>

It capable to clone your present HD content to the the new drive.

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WebWalker wrote:
 > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:43:59 -0400, "Martin Lambert" <email.DeleteThis@email.com>
 > wrote:
 >
  >> What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have
  >> an IBM machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
  >> Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I
  >> have to buy a new XP CD ?
 >
 > Try to download MaxBlast software from the Maxtor site
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.maxtor.com.</font" target="_blank">http://www.maxtor.com.</font</a>>
 >
 > It capable to clone your present HD content to the the new drive.


But you have to have both drives hooked up simultaneously for it to work - a
little hard to do with a laptop! ;o)
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Not if you use an external HD connected via USB. External HD enclosures are cheap:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-119-204&depa=1" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-119-204&depa=1</a>


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 > WebWalker wrote:
  > > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:43:59 -0400, "Martin Lambert" <email.DeleteThis@email.com>
  > > wrote:
  > >
   > >> What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have
   > >> an IBM machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
   > >> Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I
   > >> have to buy a new XP CD ?
  > >
  > > Try to download MaxBlast software from the Maxtor site
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.maxtor.com.</font" target="_blank">http://www.maxtor.com.</font</a>>
  > >
  > > It capable to clone your present HD content to the the new drive.
 >
 >
 > But you have to have both drives hooked up simultaneously for it to work - a
 > little hard to do with a laptop! ;o)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Why not call IBM and Ask Them?

They put it on there so ask them.

Another option would be to get one of those external drive kits you
can put the drive in and connect via USB and use it to install the OS.
I think the entire concept of putting the OS Disk on a drive image is
a flawed concept. Often it does not even work when you have to
reinstall the OS. It is just a stupid Idea. You get what you pay
for. It is fine to copy the disk to the hard drive if you the disk as
a backup, but if you dont even have a disk then you are up creek
without a paddle. It should be illegal to sell someone an OS without
a copy on a disk.

Now if you are using XP without a license that is another story.

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:43:59 -0400, "Martin Lambert" <email.TakeThisOut@email.com>
wrote:

 >What if I want to change my hard drive for a bigger one but I have an IBM
 >machine and the XP is on a partition on the old one?
 >Is there a way I can transfer it to the new hard drive or will I have to buy
 >a new XP CD ?
 >
 >Thanks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Heres a question.. (and this is all assuming you have a legit copy of XP on
your system, seeing as how its a hidden partion I'm willing to bet yes)

Do you have the cd key for XP? Its usualy on the bottom of the laptop. If you
do, then all you have to is get a hold of an XP cd (match it to your version,
ex. home or pro) and install from that. When you bought the computer you bought
a license for the OS, so it'd still be legal to do.

If you have lost the cd key (or the sticker went bye bye) you can use a key
finder to get your cd key. The one I use for retreaving is from
magicaljellybean.com. Its a free lil prog and quite useful.

Hope this helps
~A
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