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hi all

due to a problem with my BIOS on my p4 sadly iam going to have to format my harddrive but before i do i want to transfer data from my xp pro hard drive on to my 2000 pro hard drive , they are both NTFS file system. could someone please help me by way of steps or guide so i do this properly.

as far as i know i have to take my xp pro hard drive and make it the slave and the 2000 pro hard drive the master, thats pritty much as far as i can go.

being the same file system they should see eachother ?
iam told it should work.

once the above is done i need to format the xp pro hard drive not really sure how to do that either :cry:

i dont really know what u need to know in order for u to help me so please ask if u need to know any info and i'll do my best to give u what i can ;)

thanks in advance for ur help:cheesy:

:evil: Angelus :evil:

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Short, practical plan and common pitfalls (builds on suggestions from and ).

Shut down, wire both drives into the same working PC (or use a USB‑to‑IDE/SATA adapter). For older IDE/PATA drives set the jumpers correctly (master/slave or cable‑select as required); for SATA just use separate ports. Boot into the working OS you plan to copy from (that reduces driver/permission hassles) and confirm both disks appear in Disk Management before touching anything.

Copy only user data (Documents, Desktop, Favorites, mail stores) rather than trying to copy the whole OS folder — copying Windows system files won’t make the target bootable and often fails because files are locked. To preserve NTFS ownership and ACLs, use a copy tool that supports them (xcopy with the appropriate switches is available on XP/2000; robocopy is more robust but may need the Resource Kit on older Windows). Example commands:

xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Alice" "E:\Backup\Alice" /E /H /K /O /X /C /Y

(robocopy example — useful if available)

robocopy "C:\Users\Alice" "E:\Backup\Alice" /E /COPYALL /R:1 /W:1

If you see “Access denied” on some folders, take ownership (Right‑click → Properties → Security → Advanced → Owner → change owner and check “Replace owner on subcontainers and objects”) and then grant your account Full Control before copying. (learn.microsoft.com)

After you verify every file opened from the new disk, format the old drive using Disk Management or the format command (choose NTFS, and be careful to select the correct drive letter — formatting is destructive). A quick format is fast but doesn’t check for bad sectors; a full format is safer if the disk is old. Also confirm the drive you format is not the active/boot disk in BIOS/boot order. (learn.microsoft.com)

Troubleshooting notes: if Disk Management doesn’t see a drive, re‑check power/data cables and jumpers; if files remain locked, copy from Safe Mode or boot the source drive in another working machine; if you need to move a bootable OS intact, use a disk‑cloning tool instead of file copy.

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As long as you don't want to boot to XP, that should work.

However, if you can you still boot up with the XP computer, I think you'd be better off to put your Win2K drive in the XP computer as a slave in order to transfer your data.

Here is a thread with links to complete instructions for reinstalling XP:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread6632.html
(If I remember correctly, I believe it even has tips on backing up)

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hi dlh6213

thank you for ur time and ur help :lol:

:evil: Angelus :evil:

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Hi I am Mahesh Kumar
if you want transfer data from one hard drive to other drive than following it do:
first one attach both hard disk to computer than you check it both working if yes than you one disk data move to other hard disk if any problem in this case than you email me <>

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