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Solve : Setting up a new hard-drive with old XP--hints please?

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Greetings All!

I'm NORMALLY not brief; however, I'll try.

To net it out:

  • I have a new hard-drive for 5-year-old Toshiba A65 after a hard-drive crash.
  • The new drive has a corrupted clone of my old drive on it.
  • I have the Toshiba recovery disk (with XP), most original software, and a good copy of My Documents and most other old-drive contents.
  • I expect all the Microsoft updates will be the hardest part.
  • I NEED GUIDANCE, hints, tips, and warnings for set-up process.

For additional background on the problem I've been having please refer to the topic "finishing a hard-drive recovery process" in the MS-DOS forum.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!You already have most of what you need
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The new drive has a corrupted clone of my old drive on it.
Trying to fix this will likly be a waste of time.

Use a 'live' CD to erase the drive if needed. Most likely not needed.

Install the XP from the CD in the usuall way. Now let it format the partition to NTFS. The install should go with no problem. If it is the Toshiba recovery, it shoyuld already have the drivers.

BTW, making a 'clone' of some recent laptops models requires three drives. Or a network server. Quote from: Geek-9pm on September 05, 2011, 10:33:24 AM
Trying to fix this will likly be a waste of time.

I had already figured that on out, but thanks.

Is there a quick route to the Microsoft updates?Quote from: install4you on September 05, 2011, 10:45:13 AM
... Is there a quick route to the Microsoft updates?
This is on eHow, I have yet to use it.
How to Get Window XP Updates Manually


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