Most of the time I do like Christopher mentioned except that I usually
copy data files to the new My Computer. That way your install is clean
and runs faster.
If you have installed an operating system on the new drive c:, you only
need to drag and drop your data files.
If there is no system on the new disk, you need a program like Ghost to
copy the entire partition.
Fly......
Christopher Range wrote:
>
> peppermark1 wrote:
>
> >Just installed a second hard drive on a newer PC build. One HD is
> recognized as C (primary) the other as E (secondary). OS is XP. Would
> like to transfer the files from E, which was the primary drive, in my
> previous PC to the primary HD in current PC? I realize now that I
> possibly should of thought of this sooner. Would also like to erase
> files that are currently on E, after transfer, so I can get as much
> free space on this back up Drive as possible? Any assistance or
> >suggestions that our members can offer would be very much appreciated.
> >Thank you! PS
> >
> I had a situation like this just last week. I wanted to 'replicate' the
> data on my old(18.2GB) hard drive to, the space on my new(147GB) hard
> drive without having to remove the old hard drive. Finally, I just had
> to remove the old drive and, start from scratch, with the OS and, the
> data backups for the various programs.
>
> The other way I know it can be done is, with a null modem cable.
>
> Christopher
>
>
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