TangoTrolly
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Hello everyone,
I have an HP Pavilion with a a single 120Gig Samsung HDD, running Win XP SP2. The HDD has two partitions with C: as the main working partition and D: for the OEM backup and restore software. Recently I have been getting SMART messages before Windows starts, stating that the SMART Status is BAD. Ran PC Doctor HDD test and it shows the same, giving me a status code of HDD535-S1.
Looks like I have to replace the HDD. So I immediately backed up the Documents and Settings folder. My question is, when I replace the drive, how do I get my operation system, programs, and files onto the new drive. Do I have to purchase Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image to transfer everything or do I have to purchase a new version of Win XP and reload all my programs?
Thanks in advance for your help
Tony
I have an HP Pavilion with a a single 120Gig Samsung HDD, running Win XP SP2. The HDD has two partitions with C: as the main working partition and D: for the OEM backup and restore software. Recently I have been getting SMART messages before Windows starts, stating that the SMART Status is BAD. Ran PC Doctor HDD test and it shows the same, giving me a status code of HDD535-S1.
Looks like I have to replace the HDD. So I immediately backed up the Documents and Settings folder. My question is, when I replace the drive, how do I get my operation system, programs, and files onto the new drive. Do I have to purchase Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image to transfer everything or do I have to purchase a new version of Win XP and reload all my programs?
Thanks in advance for your help
Tony