if i was to buy a big HDD (say 160gig) and insatll it as a slave, install win xp on it, then copy the info i need on to it, could i then use ti as the master and get rid of old 1, or shud i install new 1 as master, then copy stuff from old 1 while its set as slave? :E


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But some of us like it dirty LOL!
I would suggest ghosting (any capable sw), you're never likely to get a botable HD by manually copying esp in modern OS. If you haven't done so for a while or have added a fair amount of new hw then a fresh install is STRONGLY advisable. It can also give you a chance to get things backed up and also allows you to overcome all the unnecessary sw, registry entries, drivers, incompatibilities and so on.

