You must "clone" the old drive onto the new drive. Acronis True Image can do it very easily.
When you buy a new Windows XP computer, in what unit is the size of a typical hard drive measured?
no
You do not have to reinstall Windows if you wish to add an additional drive. If you want to be able to boot from that drive, or to replace your current boot drive, you will need to install Windows on it.
How do i prepare a new hard disk drive for installation of a windows 98 system
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Any windows OS you want.
go to microsoft.com and download the Windows XP iso file and burn it to a CD or DVD dependin on what it says, then boot it to your hard drive
A brand new hard drive must be formatted for any operating system to recognize it. You should have some kind of utility program to format a new hard drive that came with your operating system.
Did you install Windows XP to the hard drive? New hard drives do not come with an operating system; to boot from it, you have to install one on it.
you can connect both computer through networking.. you can use pen drive..
No, Not unless it was a "disk image"backup.
As long as you wipe the drive and reinstall the OS. This is because the drive has settings compatible with one computer that differs from another's settings. Unless both computers are identical.