Thanks Fred, but if, in order to make this work, I was going to have to install a fresh version of XP on the "dummy" drive, so to speak, I would just reinstall it on my current drive once I add that drive to the new system, and be done with it.
The whole point of my query is to NOT have to install/reinstall XP at all, but to use the perfectly well-tweaked and up-to-date version I already have. Michael Fred Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Probably the easiest way to do it correctly is to install a blank hard drive as the second hard drive, install WinXP on it from the install CD, remove it, and install the "old" hard drive in its place as the second hard drive. But the old hard drive won't have WinXP drivers for the new hardware, so you are going to have to provide them. Likely to be a difficult job. They may or may not come with your Dell. Be sure to specify that you want them. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
